coffin nail

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noun Slang.

a cigarette.

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Origin of coffin nail

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby coffin nail

Coffeyville, coffin, coffin bone, coffin corner, coffinite, coffin nail, Coffin-Siris syndrome, coffle, Coff's Harbour, C of I, cofinal

How to use coffin nail in a sentence

The family was taking some private moments for a closing of the coffin in keeping with Chinese ritual.
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But on Tuesday, we saw another nail hammered into the already pretty tightly nailed down coffin of the two-state solution.
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The report detailed such techniques as "rectal rehydration" and the use of coffin-size confinement boxes.
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In addition, several detainees were led to believe they would die in custody, with one told he would leave in a coffin-shaped box.
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The CID speculated that the woman was confirming who lived there before planting a homemade nail bomb.
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Cleopatra's coffin, head of the Theban ram, and other Egyptian curiosities, arrived in England.
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She groaned aloud, and her tears flowed faster: Alessandro was making the baby's coffin.
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Piegan snorted when I told him we were on the dodge—that they were trying to nail us for holding up the paymaster.
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By this time the bent figure sitting in the rocking-chair, near the coffin began to show signs of life and whimper a little.
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The corpse was lying in a narrow coffin, upon a low bier, both of which were covered with a white pall.
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British Dictionary definitions for coffin nail

coffin nail

noun

a slang term for cigarette

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

coffin nail

Origin of coffin nail

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British Dictionary definitions for coffin nail