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pauper's field

pauper's field noun: a potter's field.

Noun

pauper's field (plural pauper's fields)

  1. A potter's field
    • Bettersten Wade’s search for her adult son ended when she discovered that an officer had run him over — and without telling her, authorities buried him in a pauper’s field.2023 October 25, Jon Schuppe, “A mother reported her son missing in March. Police kept the truth from her for months.”, in NBC News, archived from the original on 01 Nov 2023

Forms of pauper's field

pluralpauper's fields

Questions about pauper's field

What does pauper's field mean?
Pauper's field means a potter's field.
What part of speech is pauper's field?
Pauper's field is a noun.
What is the plural of pauper's field?
The plural of pauper's field is pauper's fields.

Words near pauper's field in the dictionary

  1. Paunees
  2. Pauni
  3. paunsway
  4. paunsways
  5. pauper
  6. pauper's field
  7. pauper's funeral
  8. pauper's grave
  9. pauper's graves
  10. pauperage
  11. pauperdom

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