collier

Example Sentences

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Huge numbers of trees had to be cut down and burned in specially built mounds by “colliers” to make charcoal, which was hauled to the furnace for fuel.

From Washington Post

Mr Thomas, 63, said he had been the mine manager at Danygraig, but at the time was working as a freelance collier.

From BBC

No colliers have survived so if this was the case "it's more than just old timbers on the beach, it could be a fascinating piece of Suffolk maritime history", the professor said.

From BBC

HRH replies: “If there were coal under Sandringham, I would open a mine on the lawns and think it first-rate landscape gardening. Oh, I am quite willing to exchange roe-deer for colliers, at the price.”

From The Guardian

As an addendum to the March 16 Metro article on the disappearance of the collier USS Cyclops, “Ship’s disappearance 100 years ago remains a mystery”:

From Washington Post