"cold meat box" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cold meat boxes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cold meat box (plural cold meat boxes)
  1. (UK, slang, obsolete) A coffin. Tags: UK, obsolete, slang
    Sense id: en-cold_meat_box-en-noun-pRRFJXCG Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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