MORGUE


Meaning of MORGUE in English

[ mɔ:g ]

■ noun

1》 a mortuary.

2》 informal a newspaper's archive or library of cuttings, photographs, or other reference material.

Origin

C19: from Fr., orig. the name of a building in Paris where bodies were kept until identified.

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