coffin ship
noun1
Historical A ship that carried Irish emigrants escaping the potato famine, usually with an extremely high death rate onboard.
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noun
Historical A ship that carried Irish emigrants escaping the potato famine, usually with an extremely high death rate onboard.
Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.
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