Definitions
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- noun The job of feeding
coal into afurnace .
Etymologies
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coal + heaving
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Examples
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"No," answered he of the coalheaving profession, in stentorian tones.
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Pet or the Brighton Stunner at the Champion's Arms, and behold the interest which he took in the coalheaving company assembled at the
The History of Pendennis William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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It was good to see the gravity with which Warrington listened to the Tutbury Pet or the Brighton Stunner at the Champion’s Arms, and behold the interest which he took in the coalheaving company assembled at the Fox-under-the-Hill.
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