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collier

[kol-yer] / ˈkɒl jər /
NOUN
miner
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My grandfather had been a collier in northern England, my father a career Marine sergeant.

From New York Times Dec. 17, 2021

It looked to him as though the collier was heading straight for the smaller boat but he thought little of it, having faith the Bywell Castle would alter its path.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2018

It's thought the pub's strange name derives from the fact that a collier - a ship carrying coal - from Whitby in North Yorkshire used to moor regularly beside the pub.

From BBC Jan. 2, 2017

The sinking of its cutter Tampa with 115 souls aboard stands, with the exception of the Navy's lost collier Cyclops, as the largest single U. S. naval loss during the World War.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then, seeing nothing but the tops of the masts of the collier, they returned to the admiral's flagship.

From Four American Naval Heroes Paul Jones, Admiral Farragut, Oliver H. Perry, Admiral Dewey by Mabel Beebe




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