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

After the Patna scandal, Jim works as a coolie and coal heaver.

From Time Magazine Archive

A foundling, he was adopted as a child by a coal heaver, Manuel Quinquela.

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)

"He didn't fall," declared the begrimed coal heaver.

From Frank Merriwell's Nobility The Tragedy of the Ocean Tramp by Standish, Burt L.

And used much as a coal heaver would use them.

From Ashton-Kirk, Investigator by McIntyre, John T.