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wooden kimono

noun

Etymology

A variation of earlier criminal slang such as wooden coat.

Definitions

  1. Synonym of coffin.

    • "And you're just about ready to give up the ghost and call for a wooden kimono."
    • I expected the man to show up any minute with his tape measure to outfit me with a wooden kimono.
    • "The wooden kimono was all ready to drop in San Francisco Bay, but now he's mumbling something all about the one that got away."

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