English Explanatory Dictionary

dead man

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A dead man's switch.
  2. A bottle of alcoholic drink that has been consumed.
  3. An extra loaf stolen from a bakery by a servant who smuggles it into the customer's basket (and sometimes fraudulently charges it to the customer).
  4. Alternative form of deadman.

Pronunciation

En-au-dead man.ogg

Word forms

dead man dead men

Synonyms

dead soldier

Derived words

dead man's arm dead man's brake dead man's fingers dead man's hand dead man's handle dead man's switch dead man walking
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