small coal mann.

Brit.

/ˌsmɔːl ˈkəʊl man/, U.S.

/ˌsmɔl ˈkoʊl ˌmæn/,

/ˌsmɑl ˈkoʊl ˌmæn/

Inflections: Plural small coal men.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: small coal n., man n.¹, small adj., coalman n.

Etymology: < small coal n. + man n.¹ In later use, reanalysed as if < small adj. (compare sense 18b at that entry) + coalman n.

Originally: a man who supplies small coal (small coal n. 2). In later use: a retailer of coal on a small scale, a small coal merchant. Also: (cant) †a clergyman (obsolete).When used with historical reference to small coal men before the mid 19th cent. the term is apparently frequently understood in its later sense.

ΚΠ

1643 H. Adamson (title) Sea-coale, char-coale, and small-coale: or a discourse betweene a New-Castle collier, a smalle-coale-man, and a collier of Croydon.

1673 R. Head Canting Acad. 129 His shirt..was so black by rubbing the boards, that he lookt like a Small-Coal-man.

1675 T. Powell Young Mans Confl. with Devil ii. 56 A poor Small-coal-man..was going along the streets, who was measuring of a few Small-coal to one of his Customers.

1732 Ordinary of Newgate, his Acct. 22 May 19/2 We met Mr. Prior, a Clergyman, (whom we call a Small-coal-Man).

1742 Select Trials Old-Bailey (new ed.) III. 336 We call a Parson a Small Coal Man, because their Habits are so much alike.

1778 Ann. Reg. 1777 42/1 When passing the streets..with his sack of small-coal on his back, he [sc. Thomas Britton] was frequently accosted with, ‘There goes the small-coal man who is..a performer of music, and a companion for gentleman’.

1847 W. M. Thackeray Curates' Walk in Punch 27 Nov. 211/2 The Curate was very deep in conversation with a small-coalman.

1852 Househ. Words 17 Jan. 400/1 The small-coal man is gone; the saloop stall; the blind man and his dog are becoming raræ aves; the grizzled Turk with a dirty turban, and a box of rhubarb before him, is scarcely ever to be met with.

1887 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. VI. ii. Small-coal man, one who sells coal in small quantities, usually in connection with other articles, as greengrocery, &c.

1888 U.S. Consular Rep. June 434 The project of a railroad is causing much commotion among the small coal men, and they talk of buying mining machinery, coal-cars, etc.

1905 Freight Dec. 269/1 The obvious conclusion from the foregoing is that conditions might justify the railroads in putting the small coal man out of business at times.

1915 Trans. Connecticut Acad. Arts & Sci. 19 235 The larger became wholesalers, the smaller remained retailers dependent upon them; the former were called ‘first buyers’, the latter ‘dealers’ or ‘small coal men’.

1989 P. Earle Making Eng. Middle Class ii. 43 The retailers or small-coal-men who hawked the fuel.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	small coal man
释义	small coal mann. Brit. /ˌsmɔːl ˈkəʊl man/, U.S. /ˌsmɔl ˈkoʊl ˌmæn/, /ˌsmɑl ˈkoʊl ˌmæn/ Inflections: Plural small coal men. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: small coal n., man n.¹, small adj., coalman n. Etymology: < small coal n. + man n.¹ In later use, reanalysed as if < small adj. (compare sense 18b at that entry) + coalman n. Originally: a man who supplies small coal (small coal n. 2). In later use: a retailer of coal on a small scale, a small coal merchant. Also: (cant) †a clergyman (obsolete).When used with historical reference to small coal men before the mid 19th cent. the term is apparently frequently understood in its later sense. ΚΠ 1643 H. Adamson (title) Sea-coale, char-coale, and small-coale: or a discourse betweene a New-Castle collier, a smalle-coale-man, and a collier of Croydon. 1673 R. Head Canting Acad. 129 His shirt..was so black by rubbing the boards, that he lookt like a Small-Coal-man. 1675 T. Powell Young Mans Confl. with Devil ii. 56 A poor Small-coal-man..was going along the streets, who was measuring of a few Small-coal to one of his Customers. 1732 Ordinary of Newgate, his Acct. 22 May 19/2 We met Mr. Prior, a Clergyman, (whom we call a Small-coal-Man). 1742 Select Trials Old-Bailey (new ed.) III. 336 We call a Parson a Small Coal Man, because their Habits are so much alike. 1778 Ann. Reg. 1777 42/1 When passing the streets..with his sack of small-coal on his back, he [sc. Thomas Britton] was frequently accosted with, ‘There goes the small-coal man who is..a performer of music, and a companion for gentleman’. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Curates' Walk in Punch 27 Nov. 211/2 The Curate was very deep in conversation with a small-coalman. 1852 Househ. Words 17 Jan. 400/1 The small-coal man is gone; the saloop stall; the blind man and his dog are becoming raræ aves; the grizzled Turk with a dirty turban, and a box of rhubarb before him, is scarcely ever to be met with. 1887 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. VI. ii. Small-coal man, one who sells coal in small quantities, usually in connection with other articles, as greengrocery, &c. 1888 U.S. Consular Rep. June 434 The project of a railroad is causing much commotion among the small coal men, and they talk of buying mining machinery, coal-cars, etc. 1905 Freight Dec. 269/1 The obvious conclusion from the foregoing is that conditions might justify the railroads in putting the small coal man out of business at times. 1915 Trans. Connecticut Acad. Arts & Sci. 19 235 The larger became wholesalers, the smaller remained retailers dependent upon them; the former were called ‘first buyers’, the latter ‘dealers’ or ‘small coal men’. 1989 P. Earle Making Eng. Middle Class ii. 43 The retailers or small-coal-men who hawked the fuel. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1643
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