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coal crackers

coal crackers is the plural of coal cracker.

Meaning of coal cracker

Noun

coal cracker (plural coal crackers)

  1. (US, slang) A native or established resident of the traditional coal-mining area of northeastern Pennsylvania; a worker in the mines of this region.
    • Our first coal region poll, and what a great one it was! Coal Crackers sure do love their pizza.1998 October, “Top Ten Lists: Pizza Parlors”, in CoalRegion.com, retrieved 29 Oct 2016
  2. (historical) A breaker boy.

Questions about coal crackers

What is coal crackers the plural of?
Coal crackers is the plural of coal cracker.

Words near coal crackers in the dictionary

  1. coal cart
  2. Coal City
  3. coal country
  4. Coal County
  5. coal cracker
  6. coal crackers
  7. Coal Creek
  8. coal drop
  9. coal drops
  10. coal dust
  11. coal gap

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