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corpsey
adj 1noun 1
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3ADJ.
all, over, poor, white
VERB + CORPSEY
greet, lookin'
PREP.
from
Definitions
adj
1
Characteristic of or associated with a corpse.
Their aspect was corpsey, and she wondered how they could ever have entertained her.
"You do, too,” said Miss Hazy; “ it keeps you from lookin' so corpsey."
noun
1
A dead body.
Not a flower, not a flower sweet, On my black coffin let there be strown; Not a friend, not a friend greet My poor corpsey where my bones shall be thrown.
Taint no odds to corpseys whether 'tis wet or dry.
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Their aspect was corpsey, and she wondered how they could ever have entertained her.
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"You do, too,” said Miss Hazy; “ it keeps you from lookin' so corpsey."
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And when they saw us all, white and corpsey looking and more or less unsteady on our legs, line up in front of the barracks and march off under our Second Lieutenant, the groans and sorry faces they f
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Not a flower, not a flower sweet, On my black coffin let there be strown; Not a friend, not a friend greet My poor corpsey where my bones shall be thrown.
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Taint no odds to corpseys whether 'tis wet or dry.
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Pedro smote himself upon with his clenched fist. "H'run I shall not," says he. "Thees store can only be obtain by making the es-step over my corpsey."
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