coffin-dodger

coffin-dodger

1. One who is elderly. Primarily heard in the UK. Only coffin-dodgers go grocery shopping at 10 AM on a Tuesday morning. Who cares what some coffin-dodger has to say? Her views have been outdated for 50 years! Only coffin-dodgers take that route, so you'll never get a seat on the bus.
2. One who smokes. You can probably bum a cig off one of the coffin-dodgers out back. Ugh, I reek of smoke after being around all those coffin-dodgers. Sure, I was a coffin-dodger back in the day, like a lot of people. But I gave it up years ago.
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coffin-dodger

(ˈkɔfnæ dɑdʒɚ)
n. a heavy smoker. I just hate these damn coffin-dodgers who smoke right outside the door!
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