| 单词 | coal stealer rake |
| 释义 | > as lemmascoal stealer rake coal-stealer n. †(a) Scottish (more fully coal stealer rake) a disreputable person, a vagabond (obsolete); (b) a person who steals coal. ΚΠ 1665 in Bk. Old Edinb. Club (1912) V. 126 Ane coillsteiller..is s[ai]d to have beine killed. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Coalstealer Rake, a thief, a vagabond, or one who rakes during night for the purpose of depredation. 1905 Railroad Gaz. 17 Mar. 85/1 The police officers of the Erie Railroad in a space of 10 days have arrested over 200 coal stealers and other trespassers. 2011 Sentinel (Stoke-on-Trent) (Nexis) 25 May 22 Trained police dogs were first used by the county police in 1955, to the disapprobation of coal-stealers at Wolstanton Colliery. < as lemmas |
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