| 单词 | coalbacking |
| 释义 | > as lemmascoalbacking coalbacking n. now historical and rare the work of a coal backer. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by carrying > [noun] > by a person porterage1611 portering1736 porterage1764 coalbacking1849 totinga1862 1849 Morning Chron. 28 Dec. 5/6 Coal-backing is about the hardest labour a man can perform. 1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 252/1 Coalbacking is as heavy a class of labour as any performed. 1971 J. F. C. Harrison Early Victorians ii, 43 If the ship was able to tie up alongside the wharf..the coal was unloaded directly on to the land... This process was known as coalbacking. < as lemmas |
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