释义 |
coal-porter A man who carries coal from a vessel to a wharf, unloads a coal-truck at a railway station, or, generally, carries coal from the place of unloading to customers.
1834Poor Law Commiss. 1st Rep. (1885) 199 The Coal⁓porters earn a great deal. 1889Daily News 5 Dec. 6/2 The whole of the coal porters employed in the gas works are also sending in their notices. 1889Sat. Rev. 14 Dec. 672 If the gas-workers' and the coal-porters' union have their way. |