coalbin
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of coalbin
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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
His first laboratory was his coalbin, and the first lithium furnace was made from ash cans.
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 Louisa May Alcott
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