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coffinless

coffinless adjective: without a coffin.

Adjective

coffinless (not comparable)

  1. Without a coffin.
    • a coffinless burial
    • Well, Bengal, thy famish'd dead, / (Victim-millions o'er thee spread,) / Forespoke of Erin coffinless!1847 April 24, Ebenezer Elliott, “Erin. A Dirge.”, in John Saunders, editor, The People’s Journal, volume III, number 69, London: People’s Journal Office, […], →OCLC, page 230, column 1

Origin of coffinless

From coffin + -less.

Questions about coffinless

What does coffinless mean?
Coffinless means without a coffin.
What part of speech is coffinless?
Coffinless is an adjective.

Words near coffinless in the dictionary

  1. Coffing
  2. Coffings
  3. coffining
  4. coffinite
  5. coffinites
  6. coffinless
  7. coffinlike
  8. coffinmaker
  9. coffinmakers
  10. coffinmaking
  11. coffins

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