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mother of coal

noun

mineral charcoal.

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Origin of mother of coal

First recorded in 1865–70

Words nearby mother of coal

mother lode, motherly, mother-naked, Mother Nature, mother of, mother of coal, Mother of God, Mother of Parliaments, mother-of-pearl, mother-of-pearl moth, Mother of Satan
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Example sentences from the Web for mother of coal

  • There was no parting except two inches of mother-of-coal—midway, which would make it but easier to mine.

    The Trail of the Lonesome Pine|John Fox, Jr.