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marble_orchard

marble orchard

English

Noun

marble orchard (plural marble orchards)

  1. (slang) A cemetery.
    • 1927, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Lost Ecstasy: A Novel, page 258:
      "It's so peaceful." ¶ "So's a marble orchard." ¶ "A marble orchard?" ¶ "A cemetery."

Synonyms

  • See also Wikisaurus:cemetery.