coffin ship

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Definition of coffin ship in English English dictionary

A ship that carried Irish emigrants escaping the potato famine, usually with an extremely high mortality rate onboard

Related Terms

coffin ships

plural form of coffin ship

Hyphenation

cof·fin ship

Turkish pronunciation

kôfîn şîp

Pronunciation

/ˈkôfən ˈsʜəp/ /ˈkɔːfɪn ˈʃɪp/