Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A structure for the storage of coal.
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Examples
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It was as black as a coal-pocket, except that you could see the streaks on the seas as they went by, and abaft the deck-house I could see the ray of light from the binnacle on the captain's yellow oilskin as he stood at the wheel -- or rather I might have seen it if I had looked round at that minute.
Man Overboard! 1881
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