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n. - Small and often ornate box for holding jewels or other valuables; Box in which a corpse is buried or cremated.

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  • We should be fairly certain that the person in the casket is a MAN not a boy or a woman.
  • The casket is about Ben-sized from what I can tell.
  • The casket is closed and two teenage boys put it in the ground.
  • The Big Bopper's casket is to be auction on eBay in the next few weeks.
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