coalbin
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of coalbin
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
His first laboratory was his coalbin, and the first lithium furnace was made from ash cans.
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
By 1980 this vast coalbin is scheduled to hold a reserve of $47,000,000,000.
From Time Magazine Archive
Charcoal portraits came next, and the entire family hung in a row, looking as wild and crocky as if just evoked from a coalbin.
From Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May
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