单词 | coal fitter |
释义 | > as lemmascoal fitter coal fitter n. now historical a colliery agent or broker who sells coal to shippers; cf. fitter n.2 ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in coal wood-coaler1600 collier1625 coal merchant1645 coal fitter1655 coal monger1665 coal factor1715 coal vend1906 1655 R. Gardiner Englands Grievance Discovered xliii. 93 Richard Leaver..went to Newcastle to the Coal-Fitter to be laden, but could get none. 1767 London Mag. Aug. 387/2 Every coal fitter is obliged to keep a regular and true list of ships entered at his office for loading of such coals as he usually vends. 1860 S. Smiles Self-help (new ed.) vi. 157 Lord Eldon was the son of a Newcastle coal-fitter. 2000 Herald & Post (Newcastle) (Nexis) 19 Jan. 6 [The building] passed to William Johnson, a coal fitter, who died in 1752. < as lemmas |
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