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cot death

noun
     
cot death [countable]
MIMX British English the sudden and unexpected death of a baby while it is sleeping [= crib death American English]

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autopsy barrow bereaved bereavement bier burial bury casket cemetery churchyard coffin condolence coroner corpse crucifixion crypt death demise departed D.O.A. drown end epitaph eulogy expire fatality funeral grave graveyard hospice inter interment mausoleum morgue mortality mortuary(n) mortuary(a) mourning mummy pall passing perish plot probate(n) probate(v) remains rest RIP rise shroud toll tomb tombstone undertaker undertaking urn vault wake war memorial will wreath

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