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Definition of Coalier
1. coaly [adj] - See also: coaly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coalier
Literary usage of Coalier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Scots Revised Reports: Morison's Dictionary, 1 to 9424 (1908)
"The remedy introduced by the statute is a summary and possessory one, in favours
of him who had the recent possession of the coalier, against the unlawful ..."
2. Observations Concerning the Distinction of Ranks in Society by John Millar (1773)
"... and wifh that their workmen were upon a different footing ; although, with In
Scotland, a coalier labouring eight hours in twenty- four, earns, ..."
3. The Works of the Late John Maclaurin by John Maclaurin Dreghorn (1798)
"A very intelligent coal-maf- ter told me, that a coalier was not reckoned a
creditable employment; fo much fo, that a girl, ..."
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