coal hod
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of coal hod
First recorded in 1815–25
Example Sentences
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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
When she was a baby, Jo had accidently dropped her into the coal hod, and Amy insisted that the fall had ruined her nose forever.
From Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May
She had a black satin Methodist bonnet, very much the shape of a coal hod, and the color of her own complexion, only there was a slight shade of blue in it.
From Aunt Phillis's Cabin Or, Southern Life As It Is by Eastman, Mary H. (Mary Henderson)
Suddenly the store door closed behind me; broom, oil can, coal hod and scissors knew me no more.
From Confessions of Boyhood by Albee, John
"Godfrey scissors!" he panted, shaking his snow-plastered cap over the coal hod.
From Cy Whittaker's Place by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby
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