coal heaver

American  

noun

1. a person who carries or shovels coal.

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coal heaver British  

noun

1. a workman who moves coal

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Etymology

Origin of coal heaver

First recorded in 1755–65

Example Sentences

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

I was fust a coal heaver an' den a coach porter.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Mississippi Narratives by Work Projects Administration

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)

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.