Usually means: Unsafe vessel for emigrant transport.
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  1. coffin ship: Merriam-Webster
  2. coffin-ship: Wordnik
  3. coffin ship: Wiktionary
  4. Coffin ship (insurance), Coffin ship, The Coffin Ship: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  (historical) A ship that carried Irish emigrants escaping the potato famine, usually with an extremely high death rate onboard.

Similar:
cruiskeen, Coffey, removal, Wild Irishman, Galway hooker, Coffie, cothamore, souper, Irish car bomb, convoy, more...

Opposite:
safe ship, rescue ship, lifeboat, salvation ship

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Similar:
cruiskeen, Coffey, removal, Wild Irishman, Galway hooker, Coffie, cothamore, souper, Irish car bomb, convoy, more...

Opposite:
safe ship, rescue ship, lifeboat, salvation ship



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