uncoffined
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of uncoffined
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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
The body, decked in official robes, uncoffined, reclines aslant thereon.
From Purgatory by Mrs. James Sadlier
He knew thee, Vanity!By day a mincing foot is thine:Thou runnest along the spider's line:--Ay, but heavy sounds thy treadBy night, among the uncoffined dead!
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 33, July, 1860 by Various
Here the mourners gathered round to take a last look of the uncoffined corpses of the brave.
From Jasper Lyle by Harriet Ward
The uncoffined corpse, which seemed that of a full-grown man, was covered with a white cloth, and rested on a thick straw mat, provided with handles along the sides.
From A Crystal Age by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson
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