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  • charcoal burner
    charcoal burner
    noun
    a device that burns charcoal, as a stove or brazier.
  • charcoal-burner
    charcoal-burner
    noun
    (formerly) a person whose work was making charcoal by burning wood

charcoal burner

American  

noun

  1. a device that burns charcoal, as a stove or brazier.

  2. a person employed in the manufacture of charcoal.

charcoal-burner British  

noun

  1. (formerly) a person whose work was making charcoal by burning wood

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Etymology

Origin of charcoal burner

First recorded in 1815–25

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