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- noun Plural form of
undertaker .
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Examples
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There are people called undertakers who are going to come and take Nana with them in a special car.
imperfect endings Zoe FitzGerald Carter 2010
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There are people called undertakers who are going to come and take Nana with them in a special car.
imperfect endings Zoe FitzGerald Carter 2010
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Lowland gentlemen, called undertakers, chiefly natives of the shire of
A Legend of Montrose 2008
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An alternative to initiative is undertaking, but that may have fallen by the wayside as the managers of funerals became known as undertakers.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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An alternative to initiative is undertaking, but that may have fallen by the wayside as the managers of funerals became known as undertakers.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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That monarch granted the property of the Island of Lewis, as if it had been an unknown and savage country, to a number of Lowland gentlemen, called undertakers, chiefly natives of the shire of Fife, that they might colonise and settle there.
A Legend of Montrose 1871
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That monarch granted the property of the Island of Lewis, as if it had been an unknown and savage country, to a number of Lowland gentlemen, called undertakers, chiefly natives of the shire of Fife, that they might colonize and settle there.
A Legend of Montrose Walter Scott 1801
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As a teacher, I always said us and the undertakers are the only ones recession-proof.
ajc.com - News mmatteucci@ajc.com 2010
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As a teacher, I always said us and the undertakers are the only ones recession-proof.
ajc.com - News mmatteucci@ajc.com 2010
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As a teacher, I always said us and the undertakers are the only ones recession-proof.
ajc.com - News mmatteucci@ajc.com 2010
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