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appointment in Samarra

appointment in Samarra noun: one's death.

Noun

appointment in Samarra (plural appointments in Samarra)

  1. (euphemistic) One's death.
    • Perhaps if each of us could truly accept his "appointment in Samarra," the activity of that skeleton in card thirteen would not seem so threatening.1980, Sallie Nichols, Jung and Tarot: An Archetypal Journey, page 232
    • John O'Hara kept his appointment in Samarra Saturday at the age of 65, and even though I am aware that the Black Hawks are romping toward a Stanley Cup triumph and the Cubs are opening at home tomorrow and the world's greatest golfers are concluding an epic struggle over Augusta National's...2011, Bob Markus, I'll Play These: A Sports Writer's Life, page 178

Forms of appointment in Samarra

pluralappointments in Samarra

Origin of appointment in Samarra

Literary reference to an ancient Babylonian myth, transcribed by W. Somerset Maugham, in which Death is both the narrator and a central character.

Questions about appointment in Samarra

What does appointment in Samarra mean?
Appointment in Samarra means one's death.
What part of speech is appointment in Samarra?
Appointment in Samarra is a noun.
What is the plural of appointment in Samarra?
The plural of appointment in Samarra is appointments in Samarra.

Words near appointment in Samarra in the dictionary

  1. appointing
  2. appointive
  3. appointment
  4. appointment diaries
  5. appointment diary
  6. appointment in Samarra
  7. appointment television
  8. appointment TV
  9. appointments
  10. appointments in Samarra
  11. appointor

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