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nouna pit where coal is dug. a place where charcoal is made. Origin of coal pitbefore 1050; Middle English colpytte,Old English collpytt Words nearby coal pitcoalitionism, coal measures, coal mine, coal miner's lung, coal oil, coal pit, Coalport, coal pot, Coalsack, coal scuttle, coal seam Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for coal pitAt Coal-pit Heath, seven miles from Bristol, his congregation numbered above two thousand. The Life of the Rev. George Whitefield, Volume I (of 2)|Luke Tyerman What useful little fellow is this, carrying his father's dinner to him at the coal-pit? 'Puffing Billy' and the Prize 'Rocket'|Helen Cross Knight At St. Helen's one of the chain-men was laid hold of by a mob of colliers, and threatened to be hurled down a coal-pit. The Life of George Stephenson and of his Son Robert Stephenson|Samuel Smiles We record this month a signal act of heroism which took place a few years ago in a coal-pit near Dalkeith. The Quiver, 2/1900|Various
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