coffin tack

coffin tack

slang A cigarette. Hey, can I bum a coffin tack off of you?
See also: coffin, tack
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

coffin tack

verb
See coffin nail
See also: coffin, tack
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • coffin nail
  • coffin varnish
  • varnish
  • pillow-biter
  • tack down
  • tack on
  • eternity box
  • eternity-box
  • flat as a tack
  • (as) flat as a tack
References in periodicals archive
A row of three nails which may have formed a line of coffin tacks have led archaeologists to believe the burials are from the late or post-medieval era.
Skeletons hold key to burial site