Coffins
[kɔ:fɪnz]
Examples
- So are the coffins,' replied the beadle: with precisely as near an approach to a laugh as a great official ought to indulge in. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Coffins, where? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- You don't mind sleeping among the coffins, I suppose? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- In commercial phrase, coffins were looking up; and, in the course of a few weeks, Oliver acquired a great deal of experience. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The atmosphere seemed tainted with the smell of coffins. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- No more jolly old coffins, Charlotte, but a gentleman's life for me: and, if yer like, yer shall be a lady. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Longer coffins were never made in the whole country of South Wessex, and 'tis said that poor George's knees were crumpled up a little e'en as 'twas. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
Editor: Stanton