coal heaver
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of coal heaver
First recorded in 1755–65
Example Sentences
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After the Patna scandal, Jim works as a coolie and coal heaver.
From Time Magazine Archive
A foundling, he was adopted as a child by a coal heaver, Manuel Quinquela.
From Time Magazine Archive
She heard the friendly coal heaver going down the corridor to the door.
From The Drums of Jeopardy by MacGrath, Harold
The ruthless mixture of the farcical and the pathetic; the fire horse struck to earth by a falling wall, screaming in anguish—and the coal heaver, carrying hurriedly toward safety a gilt and white ormolu clock.
From White Ashes by Kennedy, Sidney R. (Sidney Robinson)
He was a tall man, and was just then very wet, and as black as any coal heaver.
From For Jacinta by Bindloss, Harold
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