Meaning of coal scuttle | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A metal container of varying shapes, equipped with a handle for carrying coal for use on a domestic fire.
2. Ellipsis of coal scuttle helmet.
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Examples

“He wanted to see less marshalling of trains, and a move away from a culture that allowed 85% of a wagon's life to be spent "empty, being used as storage bins for goods or in sidings as coal scuttles".”

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