English Explanatory Dictionary

Y-shaped coffin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Y-shaped coffin Y-shaped coffins

Etymology

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

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