coker

¹ American  

[koh-ker] / ˈkoʊ kər /

noun

1. Often cokers. an inhabitant of the mountains of the coal-mining regions of West Virginia and Pennsylvania.

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coker ² American  

[koh-ker] / ˈkoʊ kər /

noun

Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.

1. cokehead.

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Etymology

Origin of coker¹

First recorded in 1785–95; coke ¹ + -er ¹

Origin of coker²

An Americanism dating back to 1975–80; coke ² + -er ¹

Example Sentences

The county’s environmental impact report estimated greenhouse gasses by assuming emissions from the coker and the four other units would remain unchanged, an approach the study called conservative.

From Reuters • Mar. 21, 2023

Fallas confirmed, however, that Phillip 66 is considering a plan to process slurry oil, a heavy residual crude oil byproduct, using the refinery’s coker.

From Reuters • Mar. 21, 2023

The 195,000-bpd VPS-4 CDU and 54,000-bpd coker were among units shut at the Motiva refinery, the nation's largest, on Sunday morning by a partial power outage, the sources said.

From Reuters • Dec. 13, 2021

It is darker in color than the oil of L. vera, and much less grateful in odor, reminding one of turpentine and rancid coker nut oil.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891 by Various