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
A coal heaver would get from him as polite a bow as a chief justice.
From T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him by Talmage, T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt)
Brent looked more like a coal heaver than a public servant with a well-oiled escalator into the White House.
From Ten From Infinity by Fairman, Paul W.
"He didn't fall," declared the begrimed coal heaver.
From Frank Merriwell's Nobility The Tragedy of the Ocean Tramp by Standish, Burt L.
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