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Inscribed markers placed horizontally over graves.

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Usage examples (34)
  • I replied that I was not that interested in tombstones and cemeteries altogether.
  • With the homes torn down and chimneys broken, the tombstones were the only remaining thing Granny had.
  • The illegible one says "graveyard" - just in case their so-called tombstones didn't get the point across.
  • Insert props (such as tombstones carved from Styrofoam or skeleton hands).
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