coffinless

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

coffin +‎ -less

Adjective[edit]

coffinless (not comparable)

  1. Without a coffin.
    a coffinless burial
    • 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:
      Well, Bengal, thy famish'd dead, / (Victim-millions o'er thee spread,) / Forespoke of Erin coffinless!