Meaning of corpseses | Babel Free

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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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