colliery
Americannoun
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collieries
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noun
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Origin of colliery
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For Jeff Edwards, the last child to be pulled alive from his classroom when a colliery spoil tip struck a primary school in Aberfan, the physical injuries healed but the psychological scars never did.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
When he was released, he thanked his colliery "family" for their support.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
Louisa died during the struggles at the colliery and their youngest son, Frank, was adopted by a nearby family.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
Marion Brown, 90, who worked at the colliery as a teenager in the 1950s says it's an important way of keeping alive the memory of those people who worked and sometimes died at the pits.
From BBC ● May 12, 2026
The craft, being under reduced sail, drove along more easily during the rest of the afternoon, and they ran into a little colliery town on the following day.
From The Protector by Harold Bindloss
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
Labour MP Mr Lavery, who worked at Lynemouth and Ellington collieries in the North East, said: "This was not a gaffe and I don't think he should apologise and add insult to injury."
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2021
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
Alsace-Lorraine had canals for connecting the Rhine with the Rhone and the Marne, a branch serving the collieries of the Saar valley.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" by Various
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