collier
Example Sentences
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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
Largest and swankest was the Rex, an old, British-built square-rigger, formerly the collier Kenilworth.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was a forlorn hope, for the Pelikan could steam twice as fast as the collier and was much quicker on her helm.
From Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
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