wooden kimono
wooden kimono noun: synonym of coffin.
Noun
wooden kimono (plural wooden kimonos)
- Synonym of coffin.
- "And you're just about ready to give up the ghost and call for a wooden kimono."1935, Capt. Billy's Whiz-Bang Winter Annual, back cover
- I expected the man to show up any minute with his tape measure to outfit me with a wooden kimono.1946, Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow, Bernard Wolfe, “Not too Far Tangent”, in Really the Blues, New York, N.Y.: Random House, book 1 (1899–1923: A Nothin’ but a Child), page 19
- Synonyms:
- coffin
Synonyms of wooden kimono
Forms of wooden kimono
| plural | wooden kimonos |
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Origin of wooden kimono
A variation of earlier criminal slang such as wooden coat.
Questions about wooden kimono
- What does wooden kimono mean?
- Wooden kimono means synonym of coffin.
- What part of speech is wooden kimono?
- Wooden kimono is a noun.
- What is the plural of wooden kimono?
- The plural of wooden kimono is wooden kimonos.
Words near wooden kimono in the dictionary
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