potter's field

A place where the indigent or the unknown are buried. A reference to the Bible, "So they conferred together and bought the potter's field with it as a burial place for foreigners" (Matthew 27:7). Primarily heard in US. The work was so grueling that a great number of immigrant laborers who built the railroads across this country ended up in some potter's field or another before the job was complete.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Felinus	-	Late Roman
Goraidh	-	Scottish
Nkosazana	-	Southern African, Xhosa
Dipaka	-	Hinduism
Browning	['brauniŋ]
Mukesha	-	Hinduism