Hackney Jacket
A fancy word for a dead person's shoebox. Hackney folks call it that because they're used to dying early and looking ugly when they do.
My uncle died last week. They called his coffin a Hackney Jacket. I told them he’d be better off in a shoebox.
My mom’s neighbor got hit by a bus. The cops said it was a Hackney Jacket. I said it was a bus-shaped casket.
At the funeral home, the guy said my dad’s coffin was a Hackney Jacket. I asked if it came with a coupon for another death.