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Meanings of paupers' grave in English

Russian
скудельня
Portuguese
vala comum
Catalan
fossa comuna
Spanish
osario común

Place for the burial of unknown or indigent people.

скудельня
Synonyms
Examples for "potter's field"
Examples for "potter's field"
1
She lies there, in the potter's field, safe from all harms.
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
2
Maybe I'm a lost soul, and my goal's the potter's field.
The Trail of '98: A Northland Romance
3
And they gave them unto the potter's field, as the Lord appointed to me.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, New Testament
4
I never did see such a one-horse camp with such a big potter's field.
The Long Chance
5
Nearly all go to the potter's field, where they sleep well in their nameless graves.
The Secrets of the Great City / A Work Descriptive of the Virtue...
1
A common grave, perhaps, because her family never came to claim her.
The arms maker of berlin
2
He was buried in the common grave at a distance from the fort.
The Frontier Fort / Or, Stirring Times in the North West Territo...
3
Workmen were digging a great, long, common grave for the dead.
Once there was a war
4
I wondered what inscription would mark the common grave of the unnamed infants.
Bones Are Forever
5
His body, which was thrown into a common grave, has never been found.
The Guardian
Usage of paupers' grave in English
1
Or, perhaps, they simply sink out of all knowledge, and vanish effectually enough into a paupers grave.
Regeneration / Being an Account of the Social Work of The Salvat...
Translations for paupers' grave
Portuguese
vala comum