DYING
(also see DEAD, DEATH, & DIE)
ADJECTIVES
► MORIBUND in a dying state; at the point of death → 1721
► MORIENT dying → 1679 obs.
► OFF dying, dead → 1990s Aust. criminals’ sl.
► ON THE CROAK dying → 1899 US sl.
NOUNS
► ABITION a dying → 1656 obs.
► BACK-DOOR PAROLE dying in prison before one’s sentence is over → 1930s US prison sl.
► SOULING the giving up of the soul; dying, death, decease → ..900 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► CROAKER a dying person, or one who has just died → 1873 UK sl.
► MORIBUND a person in a dying state → 1835
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