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
Jacky	-	French
Haralambi	-	Bulgarian
Clelia	-	Italian
Reagan	RAY-gən	English, Irish
Sheba	SHEE-bə (English)	Biblical
Adair	[ə'dɛə]