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has gloss | eng: A safety coffin or security coffin is a coffin fitted with a mechanism to prevent premature burial or allow the occupant to signal that he has been buried alive. A large number of designs for safety coffins were patented during the 18th and 19th centuries and variations on the theme are still available today. |
lexicalization | eng: safety coffin |
instance of | (noun) box in which a corpse is buried or cremated coffin, casket |
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media:img | Safetycoffin.jpg |
media:img | Vester.jpg |
media:img | Wiertz burial.jpg |
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