coffin nail
Example Sentences
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But the New York Times hammers a coffin nail so hard that Dee Dee and Barry fear their future will be nothing but understudy gigs on the dinner theater circuit.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2020
Losing customers who would be less likely to pay a congestion fee to drive in would be another coffin nail.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 13, 2018
Third coffin nail was a rusty West Coast labor problem.
From Time Magazine Archive
But that hope was as dead as a coffin nail.
From By Right of Sword by Marchmont, Arthur W. (Arthur Williams)
