coal hod

noun

1. a small pail for carrying coal; a coal scuttle.

Word History and Origins

Origin of coal hod¹

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

When his dish was empty and polished bright, under Ellen's approving eye, by his circling tongue, he would promenade dolefully about the kitchen, peering with an air of deep dejection into coal hod and wood basket, as if he were starved to a diet of cinders and kindlings, well aware that behind his back Ellen was heaping his dish anew.

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But when he had swung a lantern and an empty coal hod on one arm, taken a little hatchet and a basket of chips in his hand, and hoisted a small ladder over his shoulder, he was fain to acknowledge that there was no accommodation for his hammer and a large paper of nails.

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I gripped her hand and sat staring into the little coal hod fireplace which we didn't light more than once a month now.

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Suddenly the store door closed behind me; broom, oil can, coal hod and scissors knew me no more.

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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.

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