Coalcutter

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A device for cutting coal out of the rock face in a coal mine.

    "One was to a coalcutterman who was caught and mutilated by the coalcutter picks whilst the jib was being withdrawn from under the coal."

Example

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"One was to a coalcutterman who was caught and mutilated by the coalcutter picks whilst the jib was being withdrawn from under the coal."

Etymology

From coal + cutter.

Related phrases

coal minerock face

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