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coal scuttles

coal scuttles is the plural of coal scuttle.

Meaning of coal scuttle

Noun

coal scuttle (plural coal scuttles)

  1. A metal container of varying shapes, equipped with a handle for carrying coal for use on a domestic fire.
    • He wanted to see less marshalling of trains, and a move away from a culture that allowed 85% of a wagon's life to be spent "empty, being used as storage bins for goods or in sidings as coal scuttles".2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 42

Questions about coal scuttles

What is coal scuttles the plural of?
Coal scuttles is the plural of coal scuttle.

Words near coal scuttles in the dictionary

  1. coal roller
  2. coal rollers
  3. coal scuttle
  4. coal scuttle helmet
  5. coal scuttle helmets
  6. coal scuttles
  7. coal seam
  8. coal seams
  9. coal tar
  10. coal tars
  11. coal tit

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