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's thought the pub's strange name derives from the fact that a collier - a ship carrying coal - from Whitby in North Yorkshire used to moor regularly beside the pub.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2017

Largest and swankest was the Rex, an old, British-built square-rigger, formerly the collier Kenilworth.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Well, that depends, doctor," answered one of the men, his manner of speaking proving that he was not a mere working collier.

From The New Rector by Weyman, Stanley John