coal hod

American  

noun

1. a small pail for carrying coal; a coal scuttle.

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Etymology

Origin of coal hod

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

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coal hod

"A coal hod is such an infernal tote to tote!"

From Flood Tide by Bassett, Sara Ware

"Godfrey scissors!" he panted, shaking his snow-plastered cap over the coal hod.

From Cy Whittaker's Place by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby

At this point in the narrative Mr. Tutt kicked the coal hod violently and uttered a smothered ejaculation.

From Tutt and Mr. Tutt by Train, Arthur Cheney

There was a string that hoisted and lowered the coal hod from the cellar through a square hole in the kitchen floor, thereby saving one the fatigue of tugging it up the stairs.

From Flood Tide by Bassett, Sara Ware

I gripped her hand and sat staring into the little coal hod fireplace which we didn't light more than once a month now.

From One Way Out A Middle-class New-Englander Emigrates to America by Carleton, William