COFFIN
NOUNS
► BEN BOX a coffin, a casket → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BENTO a coffin, esp. a homemade or inexpensive one → 1949 Amer. dial.
► BOIST a coffin, a box or chest → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BONE-HOUSE a coffin → 19C
► BOX a coffin → 1864 sl.
► BURIAL CASE a coffin, esp. one made of metal → 1851 Amer. dial.
► CASE a burial box → 19C US Civil War usage
► CHICAGO OVERCOAT a coffin → 1930s US sl.
► DEAD-KIST a coffin → 1878 Sc.
► DEADWOOD a coffin → M19 US sl.
► DEAL SUIT a cheap coffin, as supplied by the parish, rather than purchased from an undertaker → M19 sl.
► ETERNITY BOX a coffin → L18 sl.
► FIR-FECKET a coffin → 1836 Sc.
► HEARSE a coffin, a bier; vaguely, a tomb, grave → 1601 obs.
► ICEBOX a coffin → 1970s sl.
► MAN-BOX a coffin → c1820 Brit. sl.
► OVERCOAT a coffin → 1898 sl.
► PAINTED-BOX a coffin → L19 US sl.
► PALL a cloth, usually of black, purple, or white velvet, spread over a coffin, hearse, or tomb → c1440
► PINE DRAPE a coffin → 1945 US sl.
► PINTO ► PINTO BOX a coffin, esp. a homemade or inexpensive one → 1986 Amer. dial.
► PLANTING CRATE a coffin → 1936 Amer. dial., euphemism
► SANDAPILE a coffin, a bier → 1623 obs.
► SARCOPHAGUS a stone coffin, esp. one embellished with sculptures or bearing inscriptions, etc. → 1705
► SCOLD’S CURE a coffin, a funeral → L18 sl.
► SHARPSHOOTER ► SHARPSHOOTER CASKET a coffin with tapering ends → 1986 Amer. dial.
► SHELL a wooden coffin, esp. a rough or temporary one → 1788
► TIMBER-BREECHES a coffin → 1902 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► TIMBER-BREEKS a coffin → 1902 Sc.
► TOOTHPICK a hexagonal coffin → 1946 African-American sl.
► UNION-BOX a pauper’s coffin → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► WOODEN-BREEKS a coffin → 1821 Sc.
► WOODEN-COAT a coffin → M19 US sl.
► WOODEN HABEAS a coffin made for a prisoner → L18 cant
► WOODEN-KIMONA ► WOODEN KIMONO a coffin → 1926 UK sl.
► WOODEN OVERCOAT a coffin → 1903 UK sl.
► WOODEN SARK a coffin → 1823 Sc.
► WOODEN SUIT a coffin → 1968 UK sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► BIER-CARRIER a coffin-carrier → 1654
VERBS
► NAP THE SCOLD’S CURE to be placed in one’s coffin → E19 sl.
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