| 单词 | geordie collier |
| 释义 | > as lemmasGeordie collier b. A boat used to transport coal, esp. from Newcastle-upon-Tyne to London; a collier ship. Frequently attributive, as Geordie brig, Geordie collier, etc. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > trading vessel > cargo vessel > [noun] > carrying coal coal ship1541 coalman1612 collier-ship1639 colliera1661 coal barge1720 colliery1722 coal-smack1747 spout vessel1821 Geordie1849 collier-brig1853 1849 Titan 2 316/2 And right worthy sea-tubs these same Geordies and Jamies are in a gale of wind. 1884 W. C. Russell Jack's Courtship xliv You thought..of the Channel aswarm with just such vessels as she—Geordies deep with coal. 1897 Daily Mail 13 Oct. 7 A North-country ‘Geordie’ that was coolly snugging-down and outweathering the fierce squall. 1905 Otago Witness (Dunedin, N.Z.) 27 Sept. 71/1 These were the pioneers of the ‘Geordies’, which every East Coast sailor knows so well. 1957 Mariner's Mirror 43 15 The Geordie brigs..took their Newcastle coal as far..as Quebec and the Black Sea. 1984 R. Woodman Bomb Vessel vii. 52 Discovery and the other two tenders, both Geordie colliers, were lost in the rain to the south westward. < as lemmas |
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