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

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

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

Endeavor, a fat British collier fitted out as a naval vessel and dispatched in 1768 to explore the Pacific.

From Time Magazine Archive

Grimes, the collier of Croydon, first made the Croydon colliers famous.

From The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)