old news stories found in a newspaper morgue
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First Known Use: 1795
in the meaning defined at sense 1
See Words from the same year: a place where the bodies of dead people are kept until they are buried or cremated
: a place in the editorial offices of a newspaper, magazine, etc., where old articles and other documents are kept
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