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

The Bywell Castle ploughed straight into the starboard side of the Princess Alice, which weighed less than a third of the 890-ton collier.

From BBC • Sep. 2, 2018

Some statements by Edwin Denby, Secretary of the Navy: At present there is only one aircraft carrier in the Navy, the Langley, which is the collier Jupiter remodeled.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Our collier is here, so we can take on coal at once, and get away from here inside of three or four days.”

From First at the North Pole Two Boys in the Arctic Circle by Stratemeyer, Edward