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coffin rider en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (slang, uncommon) A person who enriches himself through the exploitation of the misery, suffering, or deaths of others.
    • mainly because he came into the business as an Elvis Presley coffin rider and then allowed himself to be turned into a heartthrob for the over-the-thrill set. 1983, CBS Magazines (publisher), Hi Fi/stereo Review - Volume 48, page 10:
    • Surely the organizers had provided training for the coffin-rider gig. 2022, Sam Cheever, An Unconventional Mourning (A Fun and Quirky Cozy Mystery with Pets):
    • "And besides," Sophee Anne said, "financially speaking, Stella was worth way more to us all alive than dead, even with the coffin-rider sales. No one had a reason to want her killed." 2020, Faith Hunter, Spells for the Dead, page 64:

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