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coal pushers

coal pushers is the plural of coal pusher.

Meaning of coal pusher

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

Questions about coal pushers

What is coal pushers the plural of?
Coal pushers is the plural of coal pusher.

Words near coal pushers in the dictionary

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

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