goffin

See also: Goffin

English

Etymology

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

Noun

goffin (plural goffins) (Cornwall)

  1. Alternative form of coffin (“exploratory trench; deep ditch”).
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