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dead-pay

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  1. 1. n. Pay drawn for soldiers, or others, really dead, whose names are kept on the rolls. Source: opted
  2. 2. Pay drawn for soldiers, or others, really dead, whose names are kept on the rolls. O you commanders, That, like me, have no dead-pays. Massinger. Source: webster
  3. 3. Pay drawn for soldiers, or others, really dead, whose names arekept on the rolls.O you commanders, That, like me, have no dead-pays. Massinger. Source: adambom

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