单词 | coaling money |
释义 | > as lemmascoaling money coaling money n. now historical money paid for supplying or dealing in coal; spec. (in quot. 1708) money given as a gratuity to labourers employed to dig a mineshaft. ΚΠ 1708 J. C. Compl. Collier 11 in T. Nourse Mistery of Husbandry Discover'd (ed. 3) A Piece or Guinea, to Drink the good Success of the Colliery..is called their Coaling-Money. 1887 Birmingham Daily Post 26 Mar. 6/6 The contractor..told them that if Mr. Whiley knew of their application he would be very angry, as he wanted the coaling money himself. 1984 Labour/Le Travail 14 75 The owners..collected from the sealers a fee called ‘coaling money’, supposedly to compensate themselves for loading the necessary coal before the voyage. < as lemmas |
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