paper coal
noun
1A thinly foliated variety of coal, especially one consisting of the matted remains of the cuticles of plants.
2The resinous mineral dysodile (rare ).
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Charles Lyell (1797–1875), geologist.
- the Galaxy
- the Gambia
- the game is up
- the game's not worth the candle
- the garden of England
- the Garter
- the General Strike
- the gents
- the genuine article
- the ghost in the machine
- the gift of the gab
- the gift of tongues
- the glass is half-full (or half-empty)
- the gloves are off (or with the gloves off or take the gloves off)
- thegn
- the Goat
- the Godhead
- the Good Book
- the Good Shepherd
- the gory details
- the Graces
- the Grail
- the Grampians
- the Grand Manner
- the grass is always greener on the other side (of the fence)