marble orchard
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
By analogy with an orchard, because the marble or other stone grave markers are arranged in rows like planted trees.
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Noun[edit]
marble orchard (plural marble orchards)
- (slang) A cemetery.
- 1927, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Lost Ecstasy: A Novel[1], page 258:
- "It's so peaceful." ¶ "So's a marble orchard." ¶ "A marble orchard?" ¶ "A cemetery."
Synonyms[edit]
- See also Thesaurus:cemetery.