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coffin ships

coffin ships is the plural of coffin ship.

Meaning of coffin ship

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.

Questions about coffin ships

What is coffin ships the plural of?
Coffin ships is the plural of coffin ship.

Words near coffin ships in the dictionary

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

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