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
Now he employs physiques like that professionally, and for his private yacht, the T. A. D. Jones, sturdy collier.
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 Edward Stratemeyer
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