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Every one almost now buys a caffin, or shroud of fine linen, to be buried in (for they never use coffins for that purpose), which might have been procured at Algier, or their other respective homes, at a much cheaper rate; but they choose to buy it here, because they have the advantage of dipping it in the holy water, Zem Zem.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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They are very careful to carry the said caffin with them wherever they travel, whether by sea or land, that they may be sure to be buried therein.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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Ye see, I can't get out o 'the habit of caffin' about it all at once: the chafts will wag as they be used to.
Dracula 1897
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Ye see, I can't get out o 'the habit of caffin' about it all at once.
Dracula Bram Stoker 1879
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Ye see, I can’t get out o’ the habit of caffin’ about it all at once.
Dracula 2003
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