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Meaning of gravedancer | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. One who rejoices in the death or demise of another; one who dances on someone's grave.
  2. An investor who specializes in buying failing companies or distressed properties.
  3. One who literally dances on a grave.

Examples

“Grave-dancers, for sure, all of them. But no diggers.”
“But the hangover's set in, And now a Gravedancers lookin'. It's Gravedancer times When there's panic in the land When assets sell at costs that scream, "Bail me out, man!"”
“Reducing its pension liabilities to transfer large portions of employee pension money to its books, falsely showing the solidity of the corporation (only if temporarily), pumping and dumping its stock are all schemes created by useless paper-pushing crooks of Wall Street. Wake up GraveDancer!”
“But a Miami gravedancer named Boz Arlen smelled opportunity.”
“Pissed, the Iceman sends his bodyguard, the Gravedancer, off to learn who is behind them.”
“Dancing on graves just makes the gravedancers look silly and annoys the crows.”
“the gravedancer comes/ the man inside the truck/ dreams of forgotten tomorrows/ he no longer recalls/ how he got there/ the blood on his clothes/ his matted hair/ his bruised body/ tell no answers”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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