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

Snake's Fall could supply the whole—not half—world with high-grade stove coal.

From The Son of his Father by Ridgwell Cullum

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

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

From Concerning Sally by William John Hopkins

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 Thomas Wallace Knox

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 Helen Beecher Long