coal pit
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noun
a pit where coal is dug.
a place where charcoal is made.
Origin of coal pit
before 1050; Middle English colpytte, Old English collpytt
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Historical Examples of coal pit
Our lawyer was curious to see a coal-pit, and was let down by a rope.
It happened to be so dark that we might as well have been groping about in a coal-pit.
Six Months at the CapeR.M. Ballantyne
It is not a pleasant sensation, that of a descent into a coal-pit.
Son PhilipGeorge Manville Fenn
You offered me a coal-pit, but the waterfall you forgot to mention.
The Story of My Life, volumes 4-6Augustus J. C. Hare
You are up to some game as deep as a coal-pit; and I go on working and working all in the dark.
It Is Never Too Late to MendCharles Reade