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buckwheat coal

American  

noun

  1. anthracite coal in sizes ranging from 5/16 to 9/16 inch (7.9 to 13.9 m).

Etymology

Origin of buckwheat coal

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

Example Sentences

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Ate pea coal," replied the professor promptly, "and the tiniest babies ate buckwheat coal.

From Concerning Sally by Hopkins, William John

We have done this with a pipeless furnace and have been able to burn the cheaper buckwheat coal almost entirely as a result.

From If You're Going to Live in the Country by Lieberman, Frank

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