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

Red-bearded son of a Derbyshire collier, he was famed for his sincerity, psychological subtlety.

From Time Magazine Archive

A little fellow came here one Sunday, a little collier, and he said 'Wilkie knows!'

From A Crooked Mile by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]