coal heaver

American  

noun

1. a person who carries or shovels coal.

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coal heaver British  

noun

1. a workman who moves coal

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Etymology

Origin of coal heaver

First recorded in 1755–65

Example Sentences

He was a tall man, and was just then very wet, and as black as any coal heaver.

From Project Gutenberg

I cawn't agree with you, my dear Doctor,"—there were often traces of the manners and the bearing of a member of the Upper House in Todd, especially when he talked to a man like the Doctor, who wore turned-down collars and detached cuffs, and who, to quote the distinguished Bostonian, "threw words about like a coal heaver,"—"I cawn't agree with you, I say.

From Project Gutenberg

Few of the realist painters were actually the children of workers, but many of them responded to an inescapable subject matter: the making of the French working class, from city coal heaver to country peasant, in the aftermath of the revolutions of 1830, 1848 and 1870.

From Time Magazine Archive

A foundling, he was adopted as a child by a coal heaver, Manuel Quinquela.

From Time Magazine Archive

Steever and W. Stotesbury, and eight men whose names were as follows: S. Higgens, first-class fireman; R. Hamilton, coal heaver; W. Smith, B. Harley, E.J.

From Project Gutenberg