coal merchants
coal merchants is the plural of coal merchant.
Meaning of coal merchant
Noun
coal merchant (plural coal merchants)
- A person who deals in coal, either on a large scale or in a particular locality, where coal was weighed and bagged by the merchant, delivered to households and tipped into a coal bunker.
- It would seem that the Speedwell was built during the first half of 1830, for the Monmouthshire Merlin of June 12, 1830, said: "Mr. Prothero, one of the most extensive coal merchants in that district, intends hauling his coal to Newport with two engines, preparing for him at the Neath Abbey Iron...1941 June, “Some Early Welsh-Built Engines”, in Railway Magazine, page 247
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- What is coal merchants the plural of?
- Coal merchants is the plural of coal merchant.
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