uncoffined
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of uncoffined
Example Sentences
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Unless the Russians accept, as they probably will not, the year-old U.S. offer of a control treaty over Germany, the bones of contention in Central Europe will remain uncoffined and unquiet.
From Time Magazine Archive
Day after day passed away, the boat sailed on, her track marked by the bodies of those committed to their uncoffined graves.
From Jack Buntline by Kingston, William Henry Giles
It was not long before Katharine had informed her mother that, God willing, she would never again look upon the King of England's face uncoffined.
From Chivalry by Elliott, Elizabeth Shippen Green
The body, decked in official robes, uncoffined, reclines aslant thereon.
From Purgatory by Sadlier, Mrs. James
Ahone!" quoth she, "poor body that hath no one to weep over thy loneliness, that must lie uncoffined and unprayed for, who wast so tenderly cared for in thy life!
From The Story and Song of Black Roderick by Shorter, Dora Sigerson
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