coroner
/ˈkɔɹ.ə.nɚ/ noun C1- A medical doctor who performs autopsies and determines time and cause of death from a scientific standpoint. · A report from the coroner was presented in court.
- The administrative head of a sheading.
Plural coroners
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“That was what the county coroner asked me at the inquiry.
And what conclusions did the coroner come to?”
It could only be a small one, or it would have been remarked upon at the coroner’s inquiry.
It would be a sharp-eyed coroner, indeed, who could distinguish the two little dark punctures which would show where the poison fangs had done their work.
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