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ghost

/ɡoʊst/ adjective C2
  1. In the form be ghost: not present or involved; absent, gone. (slang)
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And the ghost of a little murdered child haunts the corner up by Idlewild; it creeps up behind you and lays its cold fingers on your hand--so.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 164 · C1
She marched the shrinking ghost-seer down to the spring and ordered her to proceed straightway over the bridge and into the dusky retreats of wailing ladies and headless specters beyond.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 165 · C1
“De lady says dat she’s on to de fact dat gals is dead easy when a feller comes spielin’ ghost stories and tryin’ to make up, and dat’s why she won’t listen to no soft-soap.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 38 · C1
Baskerville shuddered as he looked up the long, dark drive to where the house glimmered like a ghost at the farther end.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 68 · C1

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