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

With seven volunteers aboard the stripped old collier Merrimac* he steamed up to the harbor in the dark of the moon on June 3.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mr Amos Entwistle is a working collier, and is rightly regarded by both parties as a safe man.

From A Safety Match by Hay, Ian