- a variation of Coalsack.
Coal Sack
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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In the Milky Way, near the Southern Cross, occurs a terrible circular abyss, the Coal Sack.
From The Blue Lagoon: a romance by Stacpoole, H. De Vere (Henry De Vere)
Note "The Coal Sack," one of the dark gap in the Milky Way.
From A Field Book of the Stars by Olcott, William Tyler
This dark space has been called the "Coal Sack."
From A Field Book of the Stars by Olcott, William Tyler
By all the devils of the Coal Sack," he shouted, "the man doesn't live who can take me alive!
From Runaway by Ashman, William
Surrounding δ, ε, ζ, and λ, which mark the king's head, is a vacant space in the Milky Way, similar to the Coal Sack of Cygnus.
From A Field Book of the Stars by Olcott, William Tyler
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