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coffin ship

coffin ship noun: a ship that carried Irish emigrants escaping the potato famine, usually with an extremely high death rate onboard.

Noun

coffin ship (plural coffin ships)

  1. (historical) A ship that carried Irish emigrants escaping the potato famine, usually with an extremely high death rate onboard.

Forms of coffin ship

pluralcoffin ships

Questions about coffin ship

What does coffin ship mean?
Coffin ship means a ship that carried Irish emigrants escaping the potato famine, usually with an extremely high death rate onboard.
What part of speech is coffin ship?
Coffin ship is a noun.
What is the plural of coffin ship?
The plural of coffin ship is coffin ships.

Words near coffin ship in the dictionary

  1. coffin nails
  2. coffin ride
  3. coffin rider
  4. coffin riders
  5. coffin rides
  6. coffin ship
  7. coffin ships
  8. coffin tack
  9. coffin tacks
  10. Coffin Texts
  11. coffin window

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