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hand in one's dinner pail

hand in one's dinner pail verb: to die.

Verb

hand in one's dinner pail (third-person singular simple present hands in one's dinner pail, present participle handing in one's dinner pail, simple past and past participle handed in one's dinner pail)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To die.

Forms of hand in one's dinner pail

third-person singular presenthands in one's dinner pail
present participlehanding in one's dinner pail
past participlehanded in one's dinner pail
pasthanded in one's dinner pail

Questions about hand in one's dinner pail

What does hand in one's dinner pail mean?
Hand in one's dinner pail means to die.
What part of speech is hand in one's dinner pail?
Hand in one's dinner pail is a verb.
What is the past tense of hand in one's dinner pail?
The past tense of hand in one's dinner pail is handed in one's dinner pail.

Words near hand in one's dinner pail in the dictionary

  1. hand hoes
  2. hand in
  3. hand in glove
  4. hand in hand
  5. hand in one's checks
  6. hand in one's dinner pail
  7. hand in the cookie jar
  8. hand it out
  9. hand it to
  10. hand it to someone
  11. hand jive

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