stove coal

American  

noun

1. anthracite coal in sizes ranging from 1 5/8 to 2 7/16 inches (about 4 to 6 centimeters), intermediate between egg coal and chestnut coal.

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Etymology

Origin of stove coal

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

By substituting your red ashes from stove coal, an inferior representative of the foregoing paste will be produced.

From Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 by Burroughs, Barkham

I was told that an excellent quality of stove coal existed in the vicinity, and would be used whenever it proved most economical.

From Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Knox, Thomas Wallace

Olga seized the good-sized lumps of stove coal, one after another, and began volleying with a strong overhand throw at the excited animals.

From Janice Day the Young Homemaker by Long, Helen Beecher

Never again would the gynesaurus feed on stove coal plucked, ripe, from the branches whereon it grew.

From Concerning Sally by Hopkins, William John

Bill had men hauling things till after dark—bed, stove, coal.

From Plays by Glaspell, Susan