Meaning of coal cracker | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A native or established resident of the traditional coal-mining area of northeastern Pennsylvania; a worker in the mines of this region.
   US, slang
2. A breaker boy.
   historical

Examples

“Our first coal region poll, and what a great one it was! Coal Crackers sure do love their pizza.”

“Pawel Gobol is Joey's humble father, a coal cracker who worked in the mines since he was 15.”

“Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Mike Stack . . . said his grandfather was a “coal cracker from Girardville.””

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