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- noun Plural form of
headstone .
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Examples
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He plays maniacally on a piano, then picks up a stack of thin headstones and shuffles through them until he finds one that says “The End” – which he holds up to the camera.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2008
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Second from Mainichi Daily News, the newest technology in headstones:
Day in the Life of an Idiot lyda222 2008
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WESTPORT - Nine months have passed since ELJ Excavating was charged with removing 20 unmarked headstones from the woods off Charlotte White Road.
Archive 2005-09-01 2005
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These slabs may be termed headstones, but they have a far different meaning from those that bear the name of the deceased with which we are most familiar, for when they have any marking on their faces, it is not a totem of the dead, but a symbol of the rain-cloud, which is connected with ancestor worship.
Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 Jesse Walter Fewkes 1890
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The symbol on the each of the headstones is the crescent moon and star.
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Any damages to the headstones are the responsibility of the families, though homeowners insurance may cover the costs, Mr. Domencic said.
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It was about this time that he began to try his hand at the making of "headstones" for the kirkyard.
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Behind the headstones is a dark granite bench engraved with the words, "In loving memory of Lindsey and Sam Porter.
Columbia Missourian: Latest Articles JUDY L. THOMAS/The Kansas City Star 2009
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He made a few quick turns before driving down a road that ran adjacent to a small cemetery dotted with simple white headstones.
Skipping a Beat Sarah Pekkanen 2011
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Michael turned away from me and stared out over the rows of simple headstones.
Skipping a Beat Sarah Pekkanen 2011
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