Coal Sack
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The "Coal Sack" showed itself full of brilliant jewels.
From Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa by Stockley, Cynthia
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
The most remarkable of these holes is one in the neighbourhood of the Southern Cross, known as the "Coal Sack in Crux."
From Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language by Dolmage, Cecil Goodrich Julius
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)
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