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Search phrase: coffin

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CoriolanusCor II.i.169Wouldst thou have laughed had I come coffined home,Would'st thou haue laugh'd, had I come Coffin'd home,
HamletHam V.i.213.1Enter the King and Queen, Laertes, and the corpse ofEnter King, Queene, Laertes, and a Coffin,
Henry VI Part 11H6 I.i.19Upon a wooden coffin we attend;Vpon a Woodden Coffin we attend;
Henry VI Part 33H6 I.iii.28And hung their rotten coffins up in chains,And hung their rotten Coffins vp in Chaynes,
Julius CaesarJC III.ii.107My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,My heart is in the Coffin there with Casar,
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.911And coughing drowns the parson's saw,And coffing drownes the Parsons saw:
The Merchant of VeniceMV III.i.82at my foot, and the ducats in her coffin! No news ofat my foote, and the duckets in her coffin: no newes of
PericlesPer III.i.60Must cast thee, scarcely coffined, in the ooze,Must cast thee scarcly Coffind, in oare,
PericlesPer III.i.67Bring me the satin coffer. Lay the babeBring me the Sattin Coffin: lay the Babe
PericlesPer III.ii.51.1'Tis like a coffin, sir.T'is like a Coffin, sir.
PericlesPer III.ii.67If e'er this coffin drives a-land,If ere this Coffin driues aland;
PericlesPer V.iii.23Thrown upon this shore. I oped the coffin,throwne vpon this shore. I op't the coffin,
Richard IIR2 III.ii.163Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp,Scoffing his State, and grinning at his Pompe,
Richard IIR2 V.vi.30Enter Exton with the coffinEnter Exton with a Coffin.
Richard IIR2 V.vi.30Great King, within this coffin I presentGreat King, within this Coffin I present
Richard IIIR3 I.ii.38My lord, stand back, and let the coffin pass.My Lord stand backe, and let the Coffin passe.
Romeo and JulietRJ III.i.24hast quarrelled with a man for coughing in the street,hast quarrel'd with a man for coffing in the street,
The Taming of the ShrewTS IV.iii.82A custard-coffin, a bauble, a silken pie.A custard coffen, a bauble, a silken pie,
Titus AndronicusTit I.i.35In coffins from the field, and at this dayIn Coffins from the Field.
Titus AndronicusTit I.i.73.3Coffin covered with black, then two other sons, LuciusCoffin couered with blacke, then two other Sonnes.
Titus AndronicusTit I.i.73.7and others as many as can be. Then set down the coffin,and others, as many as can bee: They set downe the Coffin,
Titus AndronicusTit I.i.153Sound trumpets, and lay the coffin in the tombFlourish. Then Sound Trumpets, and lay the Coffins in the Tombe.
Titus AndronicusTit V.ii.187And of the paste a coffin I will rear,And of the Paste a Coffen I will reare,
Twelfth NightTN II.iv.59On my black coffin let there be strewn.On my blacke coffin, let there be strewne:

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Glossary

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coffinpie-crust, pastry mould
comparisonjibing allusion, scoffing analogy
custard-coffincrust surrounding a custard tart
floutingmocking, scoffing, scornful
gibingscoffing, taunting, jeering
hearsedcoffined, placed in a hearse
inhearsebury, place in a coffin
inhearsedas if in a coffin
leadleaden coffin lining

Thesaurus

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analogy, scoffingcomparison
coffin lining, leadenlead
coffin, as if in ainhearsed
coffin, place in ainhearse
coffinedhearsed
leaden coffin lininglead
scoffingflouting
scoffinggibing
scoffing analogycomparison

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
COFFINBASICcoffin n, coffined adj
COFFINFOODcustard-coffin n
CUSTARDPARTcustard-coffin n

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