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mort
1[mawrt]
noun
Hunting.the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
Obsolete.death.
mort
2[mawrt]
noun
a three-year-old salmon.
mort
3[mawrt]
noun
lard.
mort
1/ ɔː /
noun
a call blown on a hunting horn to signify the death of the animal hunted
mort
2/ ɔː /
noun
a great deal; a great many
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of mort1
Origin of mort2
Origin of mort3
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of mort1
Origin of mort2
Example Sentences
His brother Sheldon Thibou, 25, was found guilty of violent disorder and assaulting PC Oliver Mort, who tried to intervene.
A third brother, Shaeim Thibou, 22, was cleared of violent disorder but convicted of assaulting PC Mort.
Got it, we’re not here to get serious — and as the overbearing moans make us wonder if they mean pleasure or pain, it’s a cheeky reminder that there would be no la petite mort without la mort.
A self-described “outlaw cartoonist ... outlaw writer,” Feiffer was more attuned to the darker comic style of Mort Sahl and Lenny Bruce.
Of all the revolutionary comedians of the era such as Mort Sahl, Lenny Bruce and Shelley Berman, Nachman wrote, “Newhart was the most Everyman of them all — nonethnic, nonabrasive, non-angst-ridden, non-you-name-it. ... His mild-mannered, quizzical nature worked like a sedative for the increasing craziness of the time.”
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