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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kas-kit, kah-skit |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæs kɪt, ˈkɑ skɪt |
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Définition of casket
Origin :- mid-15c., "small box for jewels, etc.," possibly a diminutive of English cask, or from a corruption of Middle French casset (see cassette). Meaning "coffin" is American English, probably euphemistic, attested by 1832.
- Caskets! a vile modern phrase, which compels a person ... to shrink ... from the idea of being buried at all. [Hawthorne, "Our Old Home," 1863]
- noun burial box
- He would prize the jewel, and overlook the inferiority of the casket.
- Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
- But Jarrett caught hold of my arm and took possession of the casket, which he opened.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- You will remit to her my casket, in which all my private papers are kept.
- Extract from : « The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, Complete » by Madame La Marquise De Montespan
- In the casket of the Dauphin there were several papers he had asked me for.
- Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
- Rohan alighted, and went upstairs with a casket under his arm.
- Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini
- No doubt he must have noticed that the casket had been opened, but he had said nothing about it.
- Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
- I took him to my room, and shewed him my escritoire, my casket, and my will.
- Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
- Inside the casket was full-satin-lined, and handsomely trimmed.
- Extract from : « The Mysterious Murder of Pearl Bryan » by Unknown
- In the center of the casket lid, on a silver plate, was the name "Pearl."
- Extract from : « The Mysterious Murder of Pearl Bryan » by Unknown
- Arriving at the grave, the casket was let down into the receptacle prepared for it.
- Extract from : « The Mysterious Murder of Pearl Bryan » by Unknown
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