stoker

Example Sentences

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This Irish stoker with a wild temper washes up on the barge where Anna is now living with her father.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

After initially training on motor gun boats at Portland, Mr Gaines transferred to become a petrol stoker on landing craft.

From BBC • May 11, 2023

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

From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2023

A large pile of stoker coal was stored in the back of a truck, ready to be sold.

From Washington Times • Dec. 24, 2019

His father worked as a stoker at the factory, barely earning enough to make ends meet.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti