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1 coffin
['kofin]((American casket) a box for a dead body to be buried or cremated in: The coffin was placed in the grave.) krsta* * *I [kɔfin]nounkrstanautical stara ladja; papirnata vrečka; jocosely a coffin nail — cigaretato drive ( —ali put) a nail into s.o.'s coffin — pospešiti smrt koga (npr. pijača, kajenje)II [kɔfin]transitive verbv krsto položiti; figuratively spraviti na nedostopno mesto -
2 nail
[neil] 1. noun1) (a piece of horn-like substance which grows over the ends of the fingers and toes to protect them: I've broken my nail; toe-nails; Don't bite your finger-nails.) noht2) (a thin pointed piece of metal used to fasten pieces of wood etc together: He hammered a nail into the wall and hung a picture on it.) žebelj2. verb(to fasten with nails: He nailed the picture to the wall.) pribiti- nail-file
- nail-polish
- nail-varnish
- nail-scissors
- hit the nail on the head* * *I [néil]nountechnical žebelj; noht; zoology krempelj, trd izrastek na kljunu nekih ptic; stara dolžinska mera (0,057 m)a nail in one's coffin — vse, kar pospeši smrt; padec vlade, režimato fight tooth and nail — boriti se z zobmi in nohti, boriti se na vso močas hard as nails — trdnega zdravja, žilav, neusmiljen, trdto the nail — do konca, dokončan, dovršenright as nails — točen, v reduII [néil]transitive verbpribiti (on, to na), zabiti, obiti z žeblji, okovati (z žeblji); zakovati (tudi up)figuratively zgrabiti, prijeti (tatu), pograbiti (priliko); ukrasti; figuratively upreti pogled, obrniti pozornost (on, to na); colloquially ujeti na laži; slang ujeti, zasačiti (v šoli); figuratively to nail one's colours to the mast — ostati zvest svojim načelom, javno jih izpovedatifiguratively to nail a lie to the counter ( —ali barndoor) — dokazati ali razkrinkati (laž, prevaro)
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coffin nail — ☆ coffin nail n. [Old Slang] a cigarette … English World dictionary
coffin nail — 1. AND coffin tack n. a cigarette. (Old.) □ No more coffin nails for me. □ Every coffin tack you smoke takes a little off the end of your life. 2. n. a drink of liquor. □ How about another coffin nail? … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
coffin nail — {n.}, {slang} A cigarette. * / I stopped smoking, Algernon said. In fact, I haven t had a coffin nail in well over a year. / … Dictionary of American idioms
coffin nail — {n.}, {slang} A cigarette. * / I stopped smoking, Algernon said. In fact, I haven t had a coffin nail in well over a year. / … Dictionary of American idioms
coffin\ nail — noun slang A cigarette. I stopped smoking, Algernon said. In fact, I haven t had a coffin nail in well over a year … Словарь американских идиом
coffin-nail — 1. Cigarette. 2. Another nail in one s coffin Yet another error … A concise dictionary of English slang
coffin nail — cof′fin nail n. Slang. sts a cigarette • Etymology: 1885–90 … From formal English to slang
coffin nail — noun Date: 1888 slang cigarette … New Collegiate Dictionary
coffin nail — Slang. a cigarette. [1885 90] * * * … Universalium
coffin nail — noun cigarette Syn: cancer stick … Wiktionary
Coffin nail — cigarette … Dictionary of Australian slang