Morgue

Definitions

1. A supercilious or haughty attitude; arrogance.
   archaic
2. A building or room where dead bodies are kept before their proper burial or cremation, (now) particularly in legal and law enforcement contexts.
3. The archive and background information division of a newspaper.
   archaic

Equivalents

Examples

“They being newcomers, free from the western morgue so soon caught by Oriental Europeans, were particularly civil to me, even wishing to mix⟳ me a strong draught; but I was not so fortunate with all on board⟳.”

“Librarian Talks of Newspaper Morgue”

“Shand: get⟳ down to the Record⟳ and the Trib. See⟳ what they've got on Elliot in their morgues.”

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