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

Some statements by Edwin Denby, Secretary of the Navy: At present there is only one aircraft carrier in the Navy, the Langley, which is the collier Jupiter remodeled.

From Time Magazine Archive

Another story of the Bishop's grandfather follows: My grandfather was once baptizing a small collier boy of three or four years old at Workington.

From Lighter Moments from the Notebook of Bishop Walsham How by How, Frederick Douglas