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Definition of Coal scuttle
1. Noun. Container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coal Scuttle
Literary usage of Coal scuttle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1881)
"Coal-hod (pron. cool-ud), sb. a coal-scuttle. The ordinary old- fashioned form
of scuttle, shaped something like a scoop, is almost always called a ..."
2. Life in Danbury: Being a Brief But Comprehensive Record of the Doings of a by James Montgomery Bailey (1873)
"It is no uncommon thing to see a healthy Mormon skimming toward headquarters,
with a silver pitcher under one arm and a coal-scuttle under the other, ..."
3. Leicestershire Words, Phrases, and Proverbs by Arthur Benoni Evans (1881)
"Coal-hod (pron. cool-ud), sb. a coal-scuttle. The ordinary old- fashioned form
of scuttle, shaped something like a scoop, is almost always called a ..."
4. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"Some years ago coal-scuttle bonnets were worn in England. Viit Leech's sketches.
... glancing from the depths of her coal-scuttle bonnet at Nicholas. ..."
5. Certain Personal Matters: A Collection of Material, Mainly Autobiographical by Herbert George Wells (1898)
"EUPHEMIA, who loves to have home dainty and delightful, would have no coals if
she could dispense with them, much less a coal-scuttle. Indeed, it would seem ..."
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