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 Sara Ware Bassett

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 Mary H. (Mary Henderson) Eastman

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 Sara Ware Bassett

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 William Carleton

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

From Tutt and Mr. Tutt by Arthur Cheney Train