collieries
- plural of colliery.
Example Sentences
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"The collieries put on their own work buses, so that wasn't a problem," he says.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2023
During the miners' strike of 1984-5, while most of the UK saw collieries and pits stop and close, many miners in Nottinghamshire carried on working.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2022
China approved the expansion of hundreds of collieries last year, involving an annual capacity increase of about 420 million tonnes.
From Reuters ● Feb. 28, 2022
The epidemic even affected the mining industry, as “the collieries in Minersville and Schuylkill Valley were working shorthanded because of the number of sick men,” according to the newspaper.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 5, 2015
Withdrawing his cavalry from its perilous position before the town, he managed to obtain fifty miners from the neighbouring collieries.
From Rupert Prince Palatine by Scott, Eva
