corf
Americannoun
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corves
plural
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Mining.
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a small wagon for carrying coal, ore, etc.
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a wicker basket formerly used for this purpose.
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a basket, cage, or boxlike structure with perforations for keeping lobsters or fish alive in water.
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Etymology
Origin of corf
1350–1400; Middle English < Middle Dutch (cognate with German Korb ) < Latin corbis basket; cf. corbeil
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"Yes, 'e 'as got a corf," said Emily, watching Maggie with all her eyes.
From The Captives by Sir Hugh Walpole
My missis sent me fur a bottle o' medicine fur me corf.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 29, 1920 by Sir Owen Seaman
Our skipper had a bad leg, so as I was going aboard for some corf mixture, he just arst me to get him a drop of something to rub in.
From A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell by Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
"I'm feather-legged Ned, with ther consumptive corf," said Nickie.
From The Missing Link by Edward Dyson
The report was louder that artillery, and the machinery at the mouth of the pit was blown down, and scattered about to some distance, with corves &c., from the bottom of the shaft.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 2, 2012
I doan't think thou'lt feel lonely here, for along that side road they bring down other corves and the horse comes and takes 'em on.
From Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
When the train of rolleys reaches the shaft, the full corves are hoisted up, and empty ones let down, which are placed on the rolleys, and carried back for the hewers to fill.
From Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading by William Henry Giles Kingston
In George Stephenson’s day the coals were drawn out of the pit in corves, or large baskets made of hazel rods.
From Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson by Samuel Smiles
The corves were placed together in a cage, between which and the pit-ropes there was usually from fifteen to twenty feet of chain.
From Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson by Samuel Smiles
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