Corpseses

Pronunciation varies by accent · noun

Meaning

(literary) An irregular plural of corpse, used to indicate an uneducated speaker..

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[W]ith a jeer about "stinking corpseses," the villains went away for the night.

"It's a judgment on us, sir - that's my view; and I, for one, is of opinion that the judgment isn't half done yet, and when it is done we shall be done too, and just stop in these beastly caves with the ghosts and the corpseses for once and all."

"But it's bad enough for to be a-graftin' in this here place where it never stops rainin' long enough so's a man can get a bit uv a smoke when he's on deck, but bumpin ' inter these here corpseses what should be buried proper[.]"

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