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coffin nail

Anything that contributes to an early death, particularly....

(N.) Cigarette, usage pre-world war I and still continuing today.
"Whip me a pack of coffin nails to put me to a premature death"
coffin nail by Kung-Fu Jesus June 21, 2004

Coffin Nail

A death metal band from Mississippi whose sound has progressed to include deathcore and Gothenburg influences. They are currently playing gigs and are in the process of recording their first full length demo album, Cryptcrawler.
Man, I can't wait to see Coffin Nail break it down this weekend! My ears are gonna bleed!
Coffin Nail by Coffin Nail September 30, 2011

Coffin Nail

A child who causes a parent so much grief and pain that he or she will send the parent to the grave soon. It is used by some Chinese parents to scold their disobedient or wayward kids.
I told you a thousand times, stop going out with that boy. How on earth did your mother give birth to a coffin nail like you?
Coffin Nail by Jimmy Loo January 26, 2006

Hit The Nail On The Coffin 

A Malaphor, or an idiom blend, combining "hit the nail on the head" (to do something exactly right) and "another nail in the coffin"(something that will harm or destroy someone – e.g., cigarette) to mean someone succeeded at doing something that may lead to their demise or the demise of another or just that they did a great job at something that they probably shouldn't have done at all.

Best used sarcastically.
"You did a great job of pissing off your ex. Really hit the nail on the coffin back there."
"What?"

another nail in the coffin

Smoking a cigarette. Smoking is considered deadly, so each cigarette is another nail in the coffin.
I'm gonna light up and put another nail in the coffin.

nail in the coffin 

Part of the phrase, "the last nail in the coffin" or "another nail in the coffin". Equivalent to "the last straw". A very old phrase.
He cheated on her again? That's got be the last nail in the coffin.

The 9/11 attacks were another nail in the Ansett coffin; it was now inevitable that the airline would collapse.
nail in the coffin by Fenn July 11, 2006
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