stoker

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His father, a man Stamp once described as "emotionally closed down", was a ship's stoker and often away from home.

From BBC • Aug. 17, 2025

Ditlev later became a coal stoker, but he was frequently unemployed.

From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2023

Built like a Eugene O’Neill coal stoker, with ears that stuck out and heavy eyebrows above kind eyes, he could read as cuddly or threatening, or even cuddly and threatening, as necessary.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2021

A large pile of stoker coal was stored in the back of a truck, ready to be sold.

From Washington Times • Dec. 24, 2019

‘Jules-Albert finished first in the Paris-Rouen motorcar race back in 1895, but he wasn’t awarded the prize because his steam car used a stoker.’

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan