marble orchard

English

Etymology

By analogy with an orchard, because the marble or other stone grave markers are arranged in rows like planted trees.

Pronunciation

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Noun

marble orchard (plural marble orchards)

1. (slang) A cemetery.
   • 1927, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Lost Ecstasy: A Novel‎^[1], page 258:

     "It's so peaceful." ¶ "So's a marble orchard." ¶ "A marble orchard?" ¶ "A cemetery."

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:cemetery.