small coal man
/ˌsmɔːl ˈkəʊ lman/noun
Originally: a man who supplies small coal. In later use: a retailer of coal on a small scale, a small coal merchant.
- When used historical in relation to small coal men before the mid 19th cent. the term is apparently frequently understood in its later sense..
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Henry Adamson (bap. 1581, d. 1637), poet and historian. From small coal + man. In later use, reanalysed as if from small + coalman.
- get (or have) the worst of it
- get (or keep) one's eye in
- get (or keep) one's hand in
- get (or keep) the show on the road
- get (or lay)one's hands on
- get (or pull) one's finger out
- get (or put) someone's back up
- get (or receive) one's just deserts
- get (or sink) one's teeth into
- get (or start) off on the right (or wrong) foot
- get (or stick) the knife into (or in) someone
- get (or take) a rise out of
- get (or take or have) the bit between (or in) one's teeth
- get (or take or have) the measure of
- get out
- get out of
- get out of bed on the wrong side (or get up on the wrong side of the bed)
- (get) out of my sight!
- get out of someone's face
- get outside of
- get over
- get over oneself
- get physical
- get real!
- get religion