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

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stove coal

The same method of averaging prices of chestnut and stove coal by dealers was followed for October, 1914, as for October, 1919.

From The Cost of Living Among Wage-Earners Fall River, Massachusetts, October, 1919, Research Report Number 22, November, 1919 by National Industrial Conference Board

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

From Plays by Glaspell, Susan

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

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

He pressed it in egg-shaped moulds, and has succeeded in making capital stove coal from it.

From Derrick Sterling A Story of the Mines by Monroe, Kirk