Usually means: Deceased individuals, no longer living.
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  1. dead men: Collins English Dictionary
  2. dead men: Wiktionary
  3. Dead Men: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (dead men)

noun:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dead, men.
noun:  (nautical) The ends of reefs left flapping instead of being tucked out of sight when a sail has been furled.
noun:  (informal, US) The gills of edible crabs.

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