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To be death for, or go one's death for a thing, is to be in favor of it or pursue it to the last ext...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
A law-term for the starting of a butt end, or springing a fatal leak. A ship had received her death-wound, but by pumping was kept afloat till three days after the time she was insured for: it was determined that the risk was at an end before the loss happened, and that the insurer was not liable.
To be death for, or go one's death for a thing, is to be in favor of it or pursue it to the last ext...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.