"tomb-stone" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: tomb-stones [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tomb-stone (plural tomb-stones)
  1. Archaic form of tombstone. Tags: alt-of, archaic Alternative form of: tombstone
    Sense id: en-tomb-stone-en-noun-iEF-~vQo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1807, [Germaine] de Staël Holstein, translated by D[ennis] Lawler, “[Book XVII. Corinna in Scotland.] Chap[ter] VIII.”, in Corinna; or, Italy. […], volume V, London: […] Corri, […]; and sold by Colburn, […], and Mackenzie, […], →OCLC, page 62:",
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