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 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

A collier broke from its pier at North Weymouth, Mass., was blown across the Fare River, crashed into another wharf.

From Time Magazine Archive

Give me a vessel like a collier, where all the lading tumbles out as black as my hat.

From Inkle and Yarico An opera, in three acts by Colman, George