See Also: morgue(medicine)
morgue(1)(dictionary)
morgue(2)(dictionary)
morgue(dictionary)

morgue(2) (iou)



morgue noun2. M19.
[French, proper name of a Paris mortuary: prob. identical with MORGUE noun1.]
= MORTUARY 4. M19.
C. Thubron The dressing room was like a morgue Exhausted bathers stretched inert under sheets.
a. In a newspaper office, the collection of material assembled for the future obituaries of people still living. colloq. E20.
b. A repository of cuttings, photographs, and information in a newspaper office, film studio, etc. colloq. E20.