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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Alternative form of coffin (“exploratory trench; deep ditch”). Cornwall, alt-of, alternative

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname.

Synonyms

All synonyms

casketpine boxbottlebottle upboxbox in

Etymology

Borrowed from Cornish goghyn, the soft mutation of koghyn (“exploratory trench”).

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