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

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 Bassett, Sara Ware

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

From Tutt and Mr. Tutt by Train, Arthur Cheney

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)

"A coal hod is such an infernal tote to tote!"

From Flood Tide by Bassett, Sara Ware

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