coalbin
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of coalbin
Example Sentences
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He set up a tiny laboratory in his parents' unused coalbin, plastered the walls with his own charts of the elements and their valences.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Stockbridge, Mass., Mrs. John F. Decker argued that no woman should be expected to put up with a man who kept six skunks in the coalbin.
From Time Magazine Archive
At one point he moved his brood into a coalbin cellar.
From Time Magazine Archive
His first laboratory was his coalbin, and the first lithium furnace was made from ash cans.
From Time Magazine Archive
He pushed and it swung in over an empty coalbin.
From Jerry's Charge Account by Geer, Charles
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