collier
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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
Red-bearded son of a Derbyshire collier, he was famed for his sincerity, psychological subtlety.
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
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