Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A vessel kept, usually at foreign stations, for supplying steamers with coal.
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Examples
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He had, by his own account, been seduced into the festivities of a coal-hulk, manned by Lascars, and the vehemence of his self-accusation saved him from the chastisement which I had determined to administer.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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The screw steamer Jenny Jones was lying alongside a coal-hulk at
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As the Guiding Light she was very badly wanted in a South American port for the little matter of entering harbour at full speed, colliding with a coal-hulk and the
The Day's Work - Volume 1 Rudyard Kipling 1900
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'Chips' as got his bazaar lookin 'like a coal-hulk in a cyclone.
Traffics and Discoveries Rudyard Kipling 1900
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And the coal-hulk at her moorings, she is yarning with the best,
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-11-17 Various 1898
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Mr. Hardinge went on shore to report his arrival, while Mr. Hall proceeded to bring the vessel alongside the coal-hulk.
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