wooden coat
wooden coat noun: synonym of coffin.
Noun
wooden coat (plural wooden coats)
- Synonym of coffin.
- A wooden coat, six feet of earth, Is all that he deserves.1916, Massachusetts Reformatory (Concord, Mass.), Our Paper - Volume 32, page 634
- Let all those that are suffering from any complaint or disease, and who are anxious to regain health and escape a wooden coat consult an experienced and successful practitioner1946, Roche Review - Volumes 11-12, page 32
- Synonyms:
- coffin
Examples of wooden coat in a sentence
- Each of us will want one, be he beggar, policeman, prince or boyar ; everyone, sooner or later, will parade in such a wooden coat.1946, Alekseĭ Chapygin, Stepan Razin; A novel, page 93:
- 'My next goddam coat,' he said, 'will be a wooden coat'. . . .1972, George Mackay Brown, Greenvoe: a novel, page 224:
Synonyms of wooden coat
Forms of wooden coat
| plural | wooden coats |
|---|---|
| alternative form | wooden overcoat |
| alternative form | wooden surtout |
Questions about wooden coat
- What does wooden coat mean?
- Wooden coat means synonym of coffin.
- How do you use wooden coat in a sentence?
- Each of us will want one, be he beggar, policeman, prince or boyar ; everyone, sooner or later, will parade in such a wooden coat.
- What part of speech is wooden coat?
- Wooden coat is a noun.
- What is the plural of wooden coat?
- The plural of wooden coat is wooden coats.
Words near wooden coat in the dictionary
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