coal hole
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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By 1854, elaborately decorated Valentines were so popular that Punch ran a cartoon showing a burdened delivery man pouring thousands of cards into a family’s coal hole on the street.
From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2020
Nowadays, few of us are likely to get that many cards — or have a coal hole — but the market is still burning hot.
From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2020
"I started having these experiences," says Fontana, leading me into a coal hole beneath London's Somerset House.
From The Guardian • Apr. 15, 2010
In Denver, strolling Private Louis Henriquez fell 14 feet down a coal hole, explained: "She smiled as we passed."
From Time Magazine Archive
Sometimes the rats escape and run into our house and into the coal hole under the stairs where it’s pitch dark and you can’t see them.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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