Meaning of Y-shaped coffin | Babel Free

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An imaginary coffin in the shape of a capital letter Y, supposedly used for burying a sexually promiscuous woman.

humorous

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.”

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