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- noun Plural form of
crowner .
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Examples
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These men were called "crowners," a name that eventually evolved into "coroner."
Portrait of a Killer Cornwell, Patricia 1930
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"What I say is -- and I say it agen --- I reckon nowt at all o 'crowners' quests!" he was affirming, as Collingwood and his guide drew near the curtained opening.
The Talleyrand Maxim 1899
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And I've found out somefin as all de crowners, and constables and law-fellows couldn't find out wid all deir larnin '.
Self-Raised Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth 1859
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'Not much of a fight -- only a bit of a skrummage -- three crowners' inquests, no more. '
Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 Frederick Marryat 1820
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But she said law was nothing to her, and she wouldn’t let her dear husband’s corpse bide neglected for folks to stare at for all the crowners in
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But she said law was nothing to her, and she wouldn't let her dear husband's corpse bide neglected for folks to stare at for all the crowners in England. "
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But the house up there is full of crowners and constables, as if it was the county court house, and Cappin Pendulum managing everything. "
Cruel As The Grave Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth 1859
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And it would have been crowner's quest law, Slavery's crowners. "
Old Portraits, Modern Sketches, Personal Sketches and Tributes Complete, Volume VI., the Works of Whittier John Greenleaf Whittier 1849
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And it would have been crowner's quest law, Slavery's crowners. "
Old Portraits, Part 1, from Volume VI., The Works of Whittier: Old Portraits and Modern Sketches John Greenleaf Whittier 1849
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And it would have been crowner's quest law, Slavery's crowners. "
The Complete Works of Whittier John Greenleaf Whittier 1849
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