stoker

Example Sentences

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Ditlev later became a coal stoker, but he was frequently unemployed.

From New York Times

The party and its allies spent millions in the primary promoting GOP state Sen. Ron Hanks, a stoker on the Trump crazy train, in hopes of landing him as Bennet’s opponent.

From Los Angeles Times

Coal fired boilers fuelled by stokers kept the heat up for the tropical plants.

From BBC

Built like a Eugene O’Neill coal stoker, with ears that stuck out and heavy eyebrows above kind eyes, he could read as cuddly or threatening, or even cuddly and threatening, as necessary.

From Los Angeles Times

Instead, he funded his passage by working as a stoker on a ship, before making contact with some friends in Belfast who transported him to Omagh.

From BBC