coal oil

Example Sentences

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Right after supper, while Papa was putting some coal oil in the lantern, I went to the tool shed and got a pick and shovel.

From Literature

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

From New York Times