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Etymology
Uncertain, possibly from dated verb croquer (“to make disappear”) or from croc (“hook”).
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Noun
croque-mort m or f by sense (plural croque-morts)
- (informal) undertaker; mortician
1960, “Les Funérailles d'antan”, in Georges Brassens (lyrics), Les Funérailles d'antan:Au fossoyeur, au croque-mort, au curé, aux chevaux même ils payaient un verre.- They treated the gravedigger, the undertaker, the curate, and even the horses to a drink.
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