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dead men's shoes en · NOUN

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  1. (idiomatic, plural, plural-only) A position or property that is only attainable by someone else upon the current holder's death.
    • Folks come in sometimes when I'm lonely and make jest of it, saying that a creaking gate hangs long, and that it's weary waiting for dead men's shoes. 1897, Joseph Smith Fletcher, God's Failures: