potter's fields
potter's fields is the plural of potter's field.
Meaning of potter's field
Noun
potter's field (plural potter's fields)
- A public place where strangers, paupers, and criminals are buried.
- The despised pauper, most likely a foreigner, when his spirit has gone to its final resting-place, is probably carried to the Potter's Field.1862, David W. Mitchell, Ten Years in the United States, Elder Smith, page 157
- Synonyms:
- pauper's grave, common grave
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