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Meanings of mortal coil in English

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Usage of mortal coil in English
1
I believe it passed when Charles Chaplin shrugged off his mortal coil.
The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl
2
After three days of delirium, Lady Laena passed from this mortal coil.
Rogues
3
We would claim his soul once he shuffled off this mortal coil.
Fairest of All
4
He was human once; he cannot free himself of his mortal coil completely.
Running with the Demon
5
That is, accounts stay up of those who have left this mortal coil.
Radio NZ
6
The theme is, after all, one we cannot drop; it is the mortal coil.
The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poe...
7
I watched the mortal coil spring forth from perfect darkness.
Proven guilty
8
It's kicked the bucket and shuffled off its mortal coil.
The South African
9
Terrified of what you're going to face once you shuffle off the mortal coil?
Small favor
10
If I'm going to shuffle off this mortal coil, it's my own damn business.
Real life & liars
11
Does a chat about leaving this mortal coil over tea and biscuits appeal to you?
Radio NZ
12
Maybe it was finally glimpsing the thin line attaching the mortal coil to this world.
Climbing Magazine
13
These are pesky reptilian monsters hell-bent on helping Jill Valentine shuffle off her mortal coil.
The South African
14
They, however, left only their ' mortal coil', but will one day return and resume it.
Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official
15
Like the mortal coil of that frame within, the bouquet was now reduced almost to dust.
Mrs. Mary Robinson, Written by Herself, / With the lives of the ...
16
In this mortal coil of ours it is either a question of moving forward or dying.
The Irish Times
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Ireland
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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