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单词 grim reaper
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Grim Reaper

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noun

the personification of death as a man or cloaked skeleton holding a scythe.

Origin of Grim Reaper

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby Grim Reaper

Grimké, Grimm, Grimm's law, Grimm, the brothers, grimoire, Grim Reaper, Grimsby, Grimsel Pass, grimy, grin, grin and bear it
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Cultural definitions for Grim Reaper

Grim Reaper

A figure commonly used to represent death. The Grim Reaper is a skeleton or solemn-looking man carrying a scythe, who cuts off people's lives as though he were harvesting grain.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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