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Coal scuttle

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  1. 1
    A metal container of varying shapes, equipped with a handle for carrying coal for use on a domestic fire.

    "He wanted to see less marshalling of trains, and a move away from a culture that allowed 85% of a wagon's life to be spent "empty, being used as storage bins for goods or in sidings as coal scuttles"."

  2. 2
    container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire wordnet
  3. 3
    Ellipsis of coal scuttle helmet. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

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