(definition) by Vulgar Tongue 1811 Tue May 03 2005 at 17:03:41
wooden habeas

A coffin. A man who dies in prison is said to go out with a wooden habeas.
He went out with a wooden habeas ; i.e. his coffin.

The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

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