coffin ships

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Definition of coffin ships in English English dictionary

plural form of coffin ship

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coffin ship

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

Hyphenation

cof·fin ships

Turkish pronunciation

kôfîn şîps

Pronunciation

/ˈkôfən ˈsʜəps/ /ˈkɔːfɪn ˈʃɪps/