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coffinless en · ADJ

Etymology

From coffin + -less.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Without a coffin.
   • Well, Bengal, thy famish'd dead, / (Victim-millions o'er thee spread,) / Forespoke of Erin coffinless! 1847 April 24, Ebenezer Elliott, “Erin. A Dirge.”, in John Saunders, editor, The People’s Journal, volume III, number 69, London: People’s Journal Office, […], →OCLC, page 230, column 1:
   • a coffinless burial