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in Coal-mining: see quot. 1883; also Scottish (tumbling Tam), a thick heavy halfpenny of George III's reign.
a place or facility at which coal or coal waste is tipped out from wagons, lorries, etc.; a mound or heap of coal or coal waste that has been…
In mechanical applications. Coal Mining. A tipper; cf. tumbling tom n. at tumbling-, comb._form affix 2.