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Definition of Grim reaper
1. Noun. Death personified as an old man or a skeleton with a scythe.
Definition of Grim reaper
1. Proper noun. A personification of Death as an old man, or a skeleton, carrying a scythe, taking souls to the afterlife ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Grim Reaper
Literary usage of Grim reaper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions by National Safety Council, Association of Iron and Steel Engineers (1918)
"grim reaper. REAPER: And with tomorrow's rising sun. ... What have they done for
you, grim reaper? REAPER: Not what they HAVE done, but what they have NOT ..."
2. West African Studies by Mary Henrietta Kingsley (1901)
"1 So would I, but rather in the direction of giving the " grim reaper" and the
grave-diggers fewer people to bury. I must also give you another beautiful ..."
3. Weldon Brinton Heyburn (late a Senator from Idaho): Memorial Addresses by United States Congress (1914)
"With the same dauntless courage with which he faced the problems of his legislative
career he faced the grim reaper. By the very force of his indomitable ..."
4. Music: A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Art, Science, Technic and by William Smythe Babcock Mathews (1805)
"The reaper comes in with his scythe and is mistaken by the maiden for thf grim
reaper death. Presently , however, the drawings of nature awaken the ..."
5. Bill Nye's History of the United States by Bill Nye (1894)
"Volley after volley of musketry mowed them down, and the puny reaper in the
neglected grain gave place to the grim reaper Death, all down that unwavering ..."
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