Definitions
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- noun
Body . - noun
Lich ;corpse . - noun A
building for holding theremains of thedead .
Etymologies
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From Old English bānhūs ("the body, the chest, breast", literally "the bone-house"), equivalent to bone + house.
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From bone + house.
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Examples
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"Ragamuffin yourself," cried one; "there's a dead body of a drowned man in the bonehouse.
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"A drowned man," he pondered to himself, "a drowned man, and with fingers loaded with gems, and brought to the bonehouse!
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B------ was secured, and conveyed the next morning to Marlborough-street, where it required all the ingenuity of a celebrated Old Bailey solicitor to prevent his being committed for the attempt to rob a bonehouse. "
The English Spy An Original Work Characteristic, Satirical, And Humorous. Comprising Scenes And Sketches In Every Rank Of Society, Being Portraits Drawn From The Life Robert Cruikshank 1828
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