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ˈcoal-heaver
†a. A labourer who unloaded coals from ships by heaving them from one stage to another. (obs.)
b. A labourer employed in the moving or carrying of coal.
1763Brit. Mag. IV. 555 A horrid murder..committed on a poor old coal-heaver. 1776Adam Smith W.N. I. i. x. 109 Coal-heavers..exercise a trade which in hardship..almost equals that of colliers. 1847Alb. Smith Chr. Tadpole ix. (1879) 93 Burly coalheavers. 1861Mayhew Lond. Labour III. 268 (Hoppe) The coalheavers, properly so called, are now no longer known in the trade..Formerly the coals were delivered from the holds of the ships by the labourers shovelling them on to a series of stages, raised one above the other till they ultimately reached the deck. 1884Times 4 Feb. 7/1 His cousins..were coal-heavers in Paris.
So ˈcoal-heaving vbl. n.
1704Lond. Gaz. No. 4019/4 A tall raw-bon'd Man..often Employed a Coal-Heaving in the River. 1884Times 4 Feb. 7/1 The Auvergnats..hold a sort of monopoly of coal-heaving..in Paris. |