coal oil

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Quinton’s great-uncle Norman T. Brown, a school bus driver, also ran the town’s general store, where he peddled everything from coal oil to wheels of cheese, often extending credit.

From Washington Post

Over 1,000 people showed up on a drizzly night to cheer as firefighters doused buildings with coal oil and set them ablaze.

From Los Angeles Times

A third cousin of Papa’s, Hopewell Stump, from out in Banks County, clerked and took care of the chickens that folks brought to trade out for nails, flour, sugar, coal oil, coffee, and chewing tobacco.

From Literature

The inmates were doused with coal oil and gasoline as a crude disinfectant, he said.

From Seattle Times

The injury count from Fukushima, and Chernobyl is minute compared to the fallout from coal oil and gas impacts.

From New York Times