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coalbin

American  
[kohl-bin] / ˈkoʊlˌbɪn /

noun

  1. a bin used for holding coal.


Etymology

Origin of coalbin

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65; coal + bin

Example Sentences

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In Stockbridge, Mass., Mrs. John F. Decker argued that no woman should be expected to put up with a man who kept six skunks in the coalbin.

From Time Magazine Archive

At one point he moved his brood into a coalbin cellar.

From Time Magazine Archive

He set up a tiny laboratory in his parents' unused coalbin, plastered the walls with his own charts of the elements and their valences.

From Time Magazine Archive

His first laboratory was his coalbin, and the first lithium furnace was made from ash cans.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now the following story will be about Buddy on horseback—that is, providing no cats get into our coalbin to scratch the furnace and make it go out.

From Buddy and Brighteyes Pigg Bed Time Stories by Garis, Howard Roger

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