"appointment in Samarra" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: appointments in Samarra [plural]
Etymology: Literary reference to an ancient Babylonian myth, transcribed by W. Somerset Maugham, in which Death is both the narrator and a central character. Head templates: {{en-noun|appointments in Samarra}} appointment in Samarra (plural appointments in Samarra)
  1. (euphemistic) One's death. Tags: euphemistic Categories (topical): Death
    Sense id: en-appointment_in_Samarra-en-noun-EtrmeYmF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English euphemisms, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1980, Sallie Nichols, Jung and Tarot: An Archetypal Journey, page 232:",
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          "text": "John O'Hara kept his appointment in Samarra Saturday at the age of 65, and even though I am aware that the Black Hawks are romping toward a Stanley Cup triumph and the Cubs are opening at home tomorrow and the world's greatest golfers are concluding an epic struggle over Augusta National's picturesque acres, I'm going to devote this column to John O'Hara because I think I owe it to him.",
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