coal pit
Americannoun
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a pit where coal is dug.
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a place where charcoal is made.
Etymology
Origin of coal pit
before 1050; Middle English colpytte, Old English collpytt
Example Sentences
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"We may assume that this ship is Roman, but we are unsure of its exact age," he told Reuters at the dusty site hanging precariously above a vast open coal pit.
From Reuters • Aug. 3, 2023
Turns out, it was a state-of-the-art coal pit when the home was built.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2020
Deep in an old coal pit in Staffordshire, he recited “Friends, Romans, countrymen…” for his father until the methane in the air made the boy collapse.
From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2020
A dredger sits idle at a coal pit of the Hazelwood coal-fired power plant in Hazelwood, Australia.
From Washington Post • Jul. 12, 2017
"I--I can't seem to get out; I stepped into the coal pit in the dark and it all--all slid with me and over me and I'm in it up to the shoulders."
From The Green Mouse by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
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