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wooden onesie

wooden onesie noun: coffin.

Noun

wooden onesie (plural wooden onesies)

  1. (Ireland, slang, kenning) coffin
    • I fucking love Irish slang like it’s the most creative craft ever. Today I heard a coffin being referred to as a “wooden onesie” in the sentence “Ah jayysus, me nanny looks better than ye and she’s in a bleedin wooden onesie'” and it was honestly life changing.2017, astrollusion, Tumblr

Forms of wooden onesie

pluralwooden onesies

Origin of wooden onesie

Compound of wooden + onesie.

Questions about wooden onesie

What does wooden onesie mean?
Wooden onesie means coffin.
What part of speech is wooden onesie?
Wooden onesie is a noun.
What is the plural of wooden onesie?
The plural of wooden onesie is wooden onesies.

Words near wooden onesie in the dictionary

  1. wooden mares
  2. wooden nickel
  3. wooden nickels
  4. wooden nutmeg
  5. wooden nutmegs
  6. wooden onesie
  7. wooden overcoat
  8. wooden overcoats
  9. wooden spoon
  10. wooden spooner
  11. wooden spooners

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