coal heaver
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of coal heaver
First recorded in 1755–65
Example Sentences
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A foundling, he was adopted as a child by a coal heaver, Manuel Quinquela.
From Time Magazine Archive
After the Patna scandal, Jim works as a coolie and coal heaver.
From Time Magazine Archive
My! but I thought I’d split my sides to see you puttin’ him where he belonged, and you lookin’ like a coal heaver.
From Hepsey Burke by Westcott, Frank N. (Frank Noyes)
Steever and W. Stotesbury, and eight men whose names were as follows: S. Higgens, first-class fireman; R. Hamilton, coal heaver; W. Smith, B. Harley, E.J.
From The Greater Republic A History of the United States by Morris, Charles
In England it not unfrequently happens that a tinker or coal heaver hears a sermon or falls in with a tract which alarms him about the state of his soul.
From Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
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