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单词 coaling money
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coaling 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.
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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.
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