stoker

Example Sentences

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

From BBC

Built like a Eugene O’Neill coal stoker, with ears that stuck out and heavy eyebrows above kind eyes, he could read as cuddly or threatening, or even cuddly and threatening, as necessary.

From Los Angeles Times

Instead, he funded his passage by working as a stoker on a ship, before making contact with some friends in Belfast who transported him to Omagh.

From BBC

The rider in front is called the pilot; the rear is referred to as the stoker.

From Washington Times

As he returned to England, on RMS Empress of Russia, the troopship found itself without stokers.

From BBC