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coal pusher

coal pusher noun: a device used to push coal forward in the tender of a steam locomotive.

Noun

coal pusher (plural coal pushers)

  1. a device used to push coal forward in the tender of a steam locomotive.
    • The M-1's had roller bearings on all axles, high-speed Franklin boosters, steam lines, tender coal pushers - all the gadgets one could ask.1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 71

Forms of coal pusher

pluralcoal pushers

Questions about coal pusher

What does coal pusher mean?
Coal pusher means a device used to push coal forward in the tender of a steam locomotive.
What part of speech is coal pusher?
Coal pusher is a noun.
What is the plural of coal pusher?
The plural of coal pusher is coal pushers.

Words near coal pusher in the dictionary

  1. coal pits
  2. coal plant
  3. coal plants
  4. Coal Point
  5. coal pot
  6. coal pusher
  7. coal pushers
  8. coal rank
  9. coal ranks
  10. coal roller
  11. coal rollers

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