house coal
noun
Coal used in or suitable for house fires, especially bituminous coal.
Origin
Late 18th century.
- (as) quiet as a mouse (or lamb)
- (as) quiet as the grave
- asquint
- Asquith, Herbert Henry
- as rare (or scarce) as hen's teeth
- (as) red as a beetroot (beet)
- as regards
- as regular as clockwork
- (as) right as a trivet
- (as) right as rain
- (as) rough as guts
- ass
- -ass
- Assad, Hafiz al-
- as safe as houses
- assagai
- assai
- assail
- assailable
- assailant
- Assam
- Assamese
- assart
- assassin
- assassinate