Deathbed

Definitions

1. The bed on which someone dies.
2. The last hours before death.
3. A grave; the site of a burial or entombment.

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Examples

“He was once on his way to an old woman, who was on her death-bed and who had led a wicked life.”

““Will you ask⟳ our oldest warriors to build⟳ me a barrow? Ask⟳ them to climb⟳ this headland and build⟳ me a death pile high on its top. Let⟳ my deathbed rise⟳ high above Hronesnesse.””

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