collier
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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 looked to him as though the collier was heading straight for the smaller boat but he thought little of it, having faith the Bywell Castle would alter its path.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2018
Now he employs physiques like that professionally, and for his private yacht, the T. A. D. Jones, sturdy collier.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was also the law that no collier could work in any mine except the one to which he belonged.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures by Robert Green Ingersoll
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