/ · 1894 Brewer’s · D · Death-meal (A)
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A funeral banquet.
“Death-meals, as they were termed, were spread in honour of the deceased.”—Sir W. Scott: The Betrothed, chap. 7.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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