cockpit
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In South Wales, where coalpit closings evoke bitter memories of post-World War I soup kitchens, Laborites now complain: "Our boys are going to the Midlands."
From Time Magazine Archive
The coalpit worker, the steel puddler, and those who do many maintenance jobs on an assembly line can surrender to self-controlled electronic machines the hazards and dullness of backbreaking menial work.
From Time Magazine Archive
From here, on the right, coalpit No. 9 can be seen, with its wrecked machinery in the air—a mass of twisted ironwork.
From Ypres and the Battles of Ypres by Unknown
When Lord Elcho addressed the East Lothian colliers, he named several men who had raised themselves from the coalpit; and first of all he referred to Mr. Macdonald, member for Stafford.
From Thrift by Smiles, Samuel
The streets of the town are narrow and vaulted and have been likened to the bewildering galleries of a coalpit.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" by Various
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