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
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
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
Now he employs physiques like that professionally, and for his private yacht, the T. A. D. Jones, sturdy collier.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Nearer home I doubt if the proximity of a Leith collier would have appealed strongly to our patriotism.
From The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza by Boyd, Mary Stuart
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.