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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.

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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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Example Sentences

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charcoal burner charcoal-burner

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

When he got there, all the strangers were bidden to come in, and the charcoal-burner followed with the rest.

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

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

The charcoal-burner put his gnarled, knotted, and now trembling hand into the Stranger's palm.

From A Second Coming by Richard Marsh

The hunchbacked charcoal-burner told me as he went past this morning.”

From The Mystery of The Barranca by Herman Whitaker

"No one I remember," replied Mrs. Brown, "unless it be John Barry, the old charcoal-burner on the mountain."

From The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young by Various

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