Meaning of coffin dodger | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An elderly person, a person close to death, or good at avoiding death.
   derogatory, humorous, slang
2. An alcoholic drink, sometimes drunk as a hangover "cure".
   humorous, slang

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Examples

“That if parents don't look after their kids some long box makers are likely to be busy soon. That if after the discharge of buckshot these urchin's escape the "O.K" man will have to have another look out for the coffin-dodgers.”

“Myers Gilbert known in Milwaukee, Wis., and in fact everywhere he has been as "Coffin Dodger," because of his good luck in wiggling out of tight places, is a typical tramp newsboy and a mighty clever sample of the progressive boy of the streets.”

“"Captain Cook" tells a tale of sin and deceit :- Have you ever heard of Harry, the Coffin Dodger, champion leg-puller of the Ultimo depot ?”

“While the Liquor Act Amendment Act was lately before the House, Mr. Leake tried to get the members to pass a clause imposing a penalty not exceeding £50 on any licensed person permitting any woman or girl to sell or serve liquor on his licensed premises. Parliament, however, did not see fit to abolish the fascinating female dispenser of the Cur-r-r-sed Dr-r-r-ink. She is still to be allowed to administer the "coffin-dodger" or "corpse-reviver" at will.”

“All sorts came to see Linda, whose soulful innocence was as refreshing as a gin cocktail or a coffin-dodger the next morning, when one has a tongue like the corporation street brush and a mouth in semblance, to the bottom of a parrot cage.”

“PICKUP. SIR JOHN BARLEYCORN. He is a Dispenser of everything WET, and a Vendor of COFFIN-DODGERS.”

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