(especially BrE) (AmE usually casket) noun a box in which a dead body is buried or CREMATED:
A procession of mourners slowly followed the coffin.
IDIOMS see NAILn.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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