coffinful
noun 2
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noun
1
The contents of a coffin.
My father, not many years since as healthy as myself, is dead, and lies yonder a coffinful of dust.
Little processions of black-clothed croupiers, with down-turned eyes, like the mutes at a funeral, marched through the rooms, guarding a coffinful of counters.
2
The amount that a coffin can hold.
Other people can slow their breathing to where they can make a coffinful of air last a week.
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