pine box

English

Noun

pine box (plural pine boxes)

  1. (euphemistic) A coffin.
    • 1998, Frawley Becker, 411 Joseph: A Play in Two Acts (page 79)
      He'll appreciate me when I'm in a pine box pushing up daisies.

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