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coal towns

coal towns is the plural of coal town.

Meaning of coal town

Noun

coal town (plural coal towns)

  1. (US) A company town built by a mining company to house workers at a coal mine. These are usually unincorporated communities.

Questions about coal towns

What is coal towns the plural of?
Coal towns is the plural of coal town.

Words near coal towns in the dictionary

  1. coal tar
  2. coal tars
  3. coal tit
  4. coal tits
  5. coal town
  6. coal towns
  7. coal train
  8. coal trains
  9. coal worker's pneumoconiosis
  10. coal-based
  11. coal-bearing

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