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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