stoker

Example Sentences

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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

After initially training on motor gun boats at Portland, Mr Gaines transferred to become a petrol stoker on landing craft.

From BBC

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

From New York Times

The party and its allies spent millions in the primary promoting GOP state Sen. Ron Hanks, a stoker on the Trump crazy train, in hopes of landing him as Bennet’s opponent.

From Los Angeles Times

Coal fired boilers fuelled by stokers kept the heat up for the tropical plants.

From BBC