Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

y-shaped coffin

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.68 in modern English

Syllables: y-shaped -cof-fin
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Humorous

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

Suggesting that the deceased's legs were continually open for sexual intercourse.

Usage

Humorous

Inflected Forms

Y-shaped coffins (plural)

Questions

What does y-shaped coffin mean?: An imaginary coffin in the shape of a capital letter Y, supposedly used for burying a sexually promiscuous woman.
Where does y-shaped coffin come from?: Suggesting that the deceased's legs were continually open for sexual intercourse.

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