Carcase
[kɑ:kәs]
Definition
(noun.) the dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food.
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Definition
(n.) See Carcass.
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Examples
- Yes,' said Sam, 'and I vish they'd bring out the have-his-carcase. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Perhaps 'twill tempt some woman that thy poor carcase had no power over when standing empty-handed. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It was the frozen carcase of a dead male. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- As is usual with bright natures, the deity that lies ignominiously chained within an ephemeral human carcase shone out of him like a ray. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The carcase is often left to rot upon the ground, or to be devoured by beasts and birds of prey. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I'm glad to hear it,' said Sikes, looking grimly at Oliver; 'for the sake of his young carcase: as would otherways have suffered for it. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- It was so inert, so coldly dead, a carcase, Birkin's bowels seemed to turn to ice. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It's enough to turn a man ill, to see his lean old carcase shivering in that way, like a ugly ghost just rose from the grave. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Doctor examines the dank carcase, and pronounces, not hopefully, that it is worth while trying to reanimate the same. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Whatever part of this price, therefore, is not paid by the wool and the hide, must be paid by the carcase. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I'd ha' got half a dozen have- his-carcases ready, pack'd up and all, by this time. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- In one part, carcases of houses, inauspiciously begun and never finished, rotted away. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Soon a rill of clear oil trickled from the carcases, whereupon Clym dipped the corner of his handkerchief into the liquid and anointed the wound. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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