"coffin rider" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: coffin riders [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} coffin rider (plural coffin riders)
  1. (slang, uncommon) A person who enriches himself through the exploitation of the misery, suffering, or deaths of others. Tags: slang, uncommon
    Sense id: en-coffin_rider-en-noun-hkfItAlE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1983, CBS Magazines (publisher), Hi Fi/stereo Review - Volume 48, page 10:",
          "text": "mainly because he came into the business as an Elvis Presley coffin rider and then allowed himself to be turned into a heartthrob for the over-the-thrill set.",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "2020, Faith Hunter, Spells for the Dead, page 64:",
          "text": "\"And besides,\" Sophee Anne said, \"financially speaking, Stella was worth way more to us all alive than dead, even with the coffin-rider sales. No one had a reason to want her killed.\"",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "2022, Sam Cheever, An Unconventional Mourning (A Fun and Quirky Cozy Mystery with Pets):",
          "text": "Surely the organizers had provided training for the coffin-rider gig.",
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          "suffering",
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          "death"
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        "(slang, uncommon) A person who enriches himself through the exploitation of the misery, suffering, or deaths of others."
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          "text": "\"And besides,\" Sophee Anne said, \"financially speaking, Stella was worth way more to us all alive than dead, even with the coffin-rider sales. No one had a reason to want her killed.\"",
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