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undertakery

undertakery noun: the work of an undertaker.

Noun

undertakery (uncountable)

  1. (informal) The work of an undertaker.
    • Upon the whole, the absence of mere "undertakery" from the procession was a great gain.1851, The Ecclesiologist, Ecclesiological Society, page 414
    • […] we feel how immeasurably superior they were to the meretricious undertakery of the present day. We are led to contrast the quiet graves of the ancient "brethren" with the suburban cemetery of our own times […]1867, The Argosy, volumes 3-4, page 60

Origin of undertakery

undertaker + -ery

Questions about undertakery

What does undertakery mean?
Undertakery means the work of an undertaker.
What part of speech is undertakery?
Undertakery is a noun.

Words near undertakery in the dictionary

  1. undertaker's
  2. undertakerish
  3. undertakerlike
  4. undertakerly
  5. undertakers
  6. undertakery
  7. undertakes
  8. undertakest
  9. undertaketh
  10. undertaking
  11. undertakings

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