Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. slang A cemetery.
Etymologies
- From analogy with an orchard, because the marble or other stone grave markers are arranged in rows like planted trees. (Wiktionary)
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EN - Old Western Slang
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Marbles
From the GNU Webster's 1913:
"n. A massive, compact limestone; a variety of calcite, capable of being polished and used for architectural and ornamental purposes. The color varies from white ...marble, marbles, lost my marbles, Elgin Marbles, Yule marble, Verona red marble, Carrara marble, Pentelican marble, Parian marble, bardiglio, lumachelle, fire-marble and 117 more...
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Places
Baltrum, Bund, Xanthus, Argolis, Turkish bath, Fremantle, Cambria, Banat, Charente, Massif Central, Bourbonnais, Pampas and 56 more...
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