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

Endeavor, a fat British collier fitted out as a naval vessel and dispatched in 1768 to explore the Pacific.

From Time Magazine Archive

He said he had one very dear friend, the mate of a collier brig, and they were together at Sunderland. 

From Edward Hoare, M.A. A record of his life based upon a brief autobiography by Hoare, Edward N.