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dead woman walking

dead woman walking is the female equivalent of dead man walking.

Meaning of dead man walking

Noun

dead man walking (plural dead men walking)

  1. A condemned prisoner walking to a death chamber or other place of execution.
    • It was Percy Wetmore who ushered Coffey onto the block, with the supposedly traditional cry of “Dead man walking! Dead man walking here!”1996, Stephen King, The Green Mile
  2. (figuratively) Someone who is soon to die.
    • "So, arrest me," Cummings said. "The fuck do I care? I'm a dead man walking."2010, Peter Corris, Torn Apart, Allen and Unwin, page 231
  3. (figuratively) Someone who is about to face an unavoidable loss (though the person may not realize it yet).
  4. (slang) A multivortex tornado typically appearing in the form of a human figure walking.

Forms of dead woman walking

pluraldead women walking

Origin of dead woman walking

From dead man walking.

Questions about dead woman walking

What is dead woman walking the female equivalent of?
Dead woman walking is the female equivalent of dead man walking.

Words near dead woman walking in the dictionary

  1. dead wife flashback
  2. dead wife montage
  3. dead wife montages
  4. dead wind
  5. dead winds
  6. dead woman walking
  7. Dead Women Crossing
  8. dead women walking
  9. dead wood
  10. dead wrong
  11. dead yard

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