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coal hammers

coal hammers is the plural of coal hammer.

Meaning of coal hammer

Noun

coal hammer (plural coal hammers)

  1. (archaic) A hammer used to break up lumps of coal, typically in order to make them practical to use on a fire.
    • He looked curiously at the kitchen-knife and the coal-hammer, which were lying on the table where she had left them.1915, W. Somerset Maugham, chapter 97, in Of Human Bondage

Questions about coal hammers

What is coal hammers the plural of?
Coal hammers is the plural of coal hammer.

Words near coal hammers in the dictionary

  1. coal drops
  2. coal dust
  3. coal gap
  4. coal gas
  5. coal hammer
  6. coal hammers
  7. coal hole
  8. coal holes
  9. coal merchant
  10. coal merchants
  11. coal meter

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