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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of charcoal burner

First recorded in 1815–25


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This is to say that you can make great brisket in a common backyard charcoal burner.

From New York Times ● May 24, 2019

Harry lit a charcoal burner and took it to the bedroom.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2017

Festivalgoers can finish off their meals with a soothing Habesha coffee ceremony, in which beans are hand-washed and roasted over a charcoal burner before being served in traditional clay cups.

From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2016

The traditional charcoal burner is thus a poster boy for the human cost of industrialism.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 4, 2015

A little old man with a baby carriage made into a pushcart with a charcoal burner, and the smell of roasting chestnuts, and snow on the ground.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes

While it still filled the air the lame man and the charcoal-burner descended from an upper room.

From A Second Coming by Richard Marsh

But here in heaven there are springs of fresh water, fountains of milk, and exquisite wine which will refresh you, and I myself will lead you there, good charcoal-burner!’

From The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere by Charles de Coster

Lo! when the time came, it was both a prince and a princess, for twins were born; and so the charcoal-burner had hit the mark that time too.

From Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales by P. Chr. Asbj?rnsen

The charcoal-burner only wrung his hands and bemoaned himself.

From Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales by P. Chr. Asbj?rnsen

The comparatively small forest-areas are, in many parts, as previously stated, being rapidly reduced by the hatchet of the charcoal-burner.

From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Walter J. Buck

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