marble orchard

noun

, Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S.

1. cemetery.

Word History and Origins

Origin of marble orchard¹

An Americanism dating back to 1925–30

Example Sentences

“The tide comes and goes. Time never returns. I’ll worry about time when I’m in the marble orchard.”

From Los Angeles Times

For sight regained means Paradise Lost: an end to the antic freedom accorded Lovey by the town, and eviction from the cemetery's marble orchard which, blind, she has been allowed to make her private playground.

From Time Magazine Archive

Her big moment ruined, Lovey runs tearfully back to her marble orchard and Jim.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now, we are not people who whistle determinedly when passing a marble orchard at midnight nor do we see white luminous shapes flitting among the tombstones.

From Project Gutenberg