Meaning of Y-shaped coffin | Babel Free
Definitions
An imaginary coffin in the shape of a capital letter Y, supposedly used for burying a sexually promiscuous woman.
Examples
“Edmund: This is the Jane Herrington? Percy: Yes. Edmund: Jane - bury-me-in-a-Y-shaped-coffin - Herrington. Percy: I.., I think⟳ maybe there are two Jane Herringtons. Edmund: No... Tall, blond, elegant? Percy: Right, that's right. Edmund: Goes like⟳ a privy door when the plague is in town?”
“> My mother is dead. She died last⟳ year. Damned funny Y-shaped coffin they buried her in.”
“And that Sandra 'Bury⟳ me in a Y shaped coffin' Jeffries' last⟳ child wasn't her husband's? Nor was her second girl, I mean⟳, you've only got to look⟳ at the eyes to know⟳ that.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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