单词 | coal picker |
释义 | > as lemmascoal picker coal picker n. †(a) a person who uses a pick to dig out coal (obsolete); (b) a person who takes or picks up discarded pieces of coal, either to use or to sell. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > coal-miner > who clears debris reddsman1672 waler1825 coal picker1905 gummer1921 1842 Weekly Chron. 21 May 1/3 (caption) Coal picker working at the heading. 1847 Liverpool Mercury 27 Apr. Crime is engendered amongst the lowest of the low..among beggars, sand-sellers, coal-pickers or stealers. 1905 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 11 Oct. 5/2 The old German coal picker, who uses an old brown horse and a small waggon and picks up coal along the railroad track. 2010 Times of India (Nexis) 8 Mar. The daughter of a coal picker, one day her mother was busy picking coal leaving her to play with other kids near the railway tracks. < as lemmas |
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