coalbin
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of coalbin
Example Sentences
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As foolish as the tales told children of the wunks living in the coalbins––as if there ever could be such creatures!
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He pushed and it swung in over an empty coalbin.
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Makes me feel almost like I ought to put on a gag and sit down cellar in the coalbin.”
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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.
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Charcoal portraits came next, and the entire family hung in a row, looking as wild and crocky as if just evoked from a coalbin.
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