coal-whippern.
/ˈkəʊlˌwɪpə/, U.S. /ˈkoʊlˌ(h)wɪpər/ Now historical.
A person who raises coal out of a ship's hold by means of a pulley. Also: †an apparatus for this purpose (obsolete).
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > other manual or industrial workers > [noun] > who load or unload > coal
staithman?1677
off-putter1788
caster1793
coal-whipper1795
coal lumper1834
whipper1836
coaler1858
coal handler1871
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > tackle or purchase > [noun] > other tackles
polancre1356
Breton tackle1495
burton1704
relieving tackle1717
Spanish burton1829
watch-tackle1840
pendant tackle1852
top-burtonc1860
cant-fall1867
coal-whipper1881
1795 Lloyd's Evening-post 13 July 54/3 A Petition from the Coal-Whippers was heard.
1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. II. 299 At the appearance of the coal-whippers, and ballast-heavers.
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 39/2 The lodgings here are occupied by dredgers, ballast-heavers, coal-whippers.
1881 F. Gosman Past Events 129 An apparatus for rapidly discharging vessels laden with coal. This coal-whipper is intended to be fixed on the deck of the vessel.
1941 G. D. Cole Brit. Working Class Polit. ii. 21 James Watson, the well-known Radical bookseller, and George Applegate, a local coal-whipper, appeared on the hustings at Tynemouth, but did not go to the poll.
2002 D. Lundy Way of Ship (2003) i. 20 The ship's decks and the nearby dock walls swarmed with grimy, yelling Irish coal-whippers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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