What does coal heaver mean?
Coal heaver means One who feeds coal into a furnace..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
One who feeds coal into a furnace..
...but rheumatism is a vulgar complaint, and would sink even a ducal coronet—the very lowest people have it. I question if there is a workhouse in Great Britain exempt from it. Neither is there one free from asthma, and yet all the world knows a royal duke suffers from it as much as a coalheaver might do;...
It was a hot night, and the dust of Limpet's fanlight covered him like a garment, and streaked his countenance like a coal-heaver's.
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Coal heaver means One who feeds coal into a furnace..
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...but rheumatism is a vulgar complaint, and would sink even a ducal coronet—the very lowest people have it. I question if there is a workhouse in Great Britain exempt from it. Neither is there one free from asthma, and yet all the world knows a royal duke suffers from it as much as a coalheaver might do;...
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