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Definition of Morgues
1. morgue [n] - See also: morgue
Lexicographical Neighbors of Morgues
Literary usage of Morgues
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bookman (1910)
"JOURNALISTIC "morgues HILE inspecting the plant and offices of one of the great
metropolitan daily newspapers two years ago, a Japanese banker asked his ..."
2. A New and General Biographical Dictionary;: Containing an Historical and (1762)
"De morgues," fays he," is a man ol " learning and note, and has by him a compleat
... De morgues died in 1670, in the eighty-eighth year of hi age, ..."
3. Official History of the Johnstown Flood by Frank Connelly, George C. Jenks (1889)
"ESTABLISHMENT OP morgues AND HOW THEY WERE CONDUCTED. ON Sunday, June 2, ...
As soon as a body was recovered it was taken to one of the morgues, ..."
4. Letters Written by a Turkish Spy by Giovanni Paolo] [Marana (1801)
"Vv HEN I informed thee of the fiege of Perpignan, I had not heard of the
extraordinary honours which were done to the Prince of morgues during that fiege. ..."
5. Refrigeration, Cold Storage and Ice-making: A Practical Treatise on the Art by Alexander James Wallis-Tayler (1912)
"... of Victuals—Meats and Fish—Butter —Cheese—Milk—Eggs—Fruits—Vegetables—morgues
or Mortuaries—Table of Temperatures for Cold Storage of Various Articles. ..."