coffin nail
Example Sentences
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They underwent DNA testing, bone analysis and the evaluation of archaeological evidence that was found, including 19th century coffin nails.
From Seattle Times
The Romans hammered nails into doors to avert plagues and pounded coffin nails into thresholds to keep nightmares at bay.
From New York Times
Human skulls are pierced with coffin nails and human bones are turned into Ouija board pieces; almost nothing is off-limits in the U.K.’s thriving online human remains trade, a Live Science investigation has found.
From Scientific American
Talk about a coffin nail in an already struggling downtown retail and residential core.
From Seattle Times
The skeletons were lodged in a dirt wall, close to coffin nails that appeared centuries old.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
