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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