"flying coffin" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-flying coffin.ogg [Australia] Forms: flying coffins [plural]
Etymology: So called because of the risk of death to those inside. Head templates: {{en-noun}} flying coffin (plural flying coffins)
  1. (slang) An aircraft with an unacceptably high accident rate. Tags: slang Translations (aircraft with an unacceptably high accident rate): lentävä ruumisarkku (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-flying_coffin-en-noun-mIHrWcXw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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