Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A size of broken coal suitable for use in a hot-air furnace or the like, as distinguished from a smaller size called ‘chestnut’ used in a kitchen range or stove, and a still smaller size called ‘pea-coal.’
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Examples
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My gifts do not run to the care of a horse and an egg-coal fire.
Dwellers in Arcady The Story of an Abandoned Farm Albert Bigelow Paine 1899
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