Legatee

Examples

• Has anything more been heard, Veneering,' he inquired, 'of the lucky legatee? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It was the fortunate legatee. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Here, clearly, was a new legatee; else why was he bidden as a mourner? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• All the rest he died possessed of, he bequeathed to Peggotty; whom he left residuary legatee, and sole executrix of that his last will and testament. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Upon this hint Mr. Weller settled the bill, and, issuing forth, the executor, legatee, attorney, and umpires, directed their steps towards the city. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• These other gentlemen, I presume, are legatees, are they? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Most of these followers are not Lowick people, said Sir James; I suppose they are legatees from a distance, or from Middlemarch. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• It can't be denied that undeserving people have been legatees, and even residuary legatees. George Eliot. Middlemarch.

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