Meaning of coalheaver | Babel Free

Definitions

One who feeds coal into a furnace.

Examples

“...but rheumatism is a vulgar complaint, and would sink even a ducal coronet—the very lowest people have it. I question if there is a workhouse in Great Britain exempt from it. Neither is there one free from asthma, and yet all the world knows a royal duke suffers from it as much as a coalheaver might do;...”

“It was a hot night, and the dust of Limpet's fanlight covered him like a garment, and streaked his countenance like a coal-heaver's.”

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