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Meanings of undertaker in inglês

português
agente funerário
catalão
empresari de pompes fúnebres

One whose business is the management of funerals.

agente funerário
Usage of undertaker in inglês
1
I knew their errand; for in men-of-war the sail-maker is the undertaker.
White Jacket; Or, The World on a Man-of-War
2
Item: Mrs. Oates, the undertaker's wife, had given birth to a boy.
Harvest Home
3
If I were in your place I'd be waiting for the undertaker.
Steve Yeager
4
We have, of course, arranged for the customary cremation with the undertaker.
The Complete Rama Omnibus
5
The undertaker looked at him in perplexity, and he hurried to explain.
Of Human Bondage
6
One such undertaker at least he has in readiness for our service.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12)
7
The chancellor brings the air of an undertaker to the despatch box.
The Guardian
8
Keep it light, unless you want to be an undertaker or embalmer.
Big girl: a novel
9
Then they were taken to the funeral parlor of a Negro undertaker.
In the Land of Jim Crow
10
I practise in conjunction with a horse-doctor, a sexton, and an undertaker.
Mark Twain's Speeches
11
She looks as if she learned to apply makeup from an undertaker.
G'day to die: a passport to peril mystery
12
I look just about the way I feel, like a fool undertaker.
Soldiers of Fortune
13
The undertaker down-town is a lunger, and a nervous wreck to boot.
Sunny Slopes
14
This is evidently the undertaker's, for we have just passed the pawnbroker's.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
15
Probably the undertaker thinks less of death than almost any other man.
Crime: Its Cause and Treatment
16
The merchant is commonly a bold, a country gentleman a timid undertaker.
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
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