boghead coal
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of boghead coal
First recorded in 1935–40; named after Boghead, Scotland
Example Sentences
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Knowledge, 4-134: That, according to M. Daubrée, the substance that had fallen in the Argentine Republic, "resembled certain kinds of lignite and boghead coal."
From The Book of the Damned by Fort, Charles
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