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kindle-coal

kindle-coal noun: a troublemaker.

Noun

kindle-coal (plural kindle-coals)

  1. (idiomatic, obsolete) A troublemaker.
    • Many a ſharp conflict there hath been betwixt Saint and Saint, ſcuffling in the dark through miſunderſtanding of the truth, and each other: Abraham and Lot at ſtrife. Aaron and Miriam juſtled with Moſes for the wall, till God interpoſed and ended the quarrel by his immediate ſtroak on Miriam. The...1655, William Gurnall, chapter II, in Christian in Compleat Armour, 3rd edition, volume 1, section 3, published 1658, pages 174–175

Synonyms of kindle-coal

Forms of kindle-coal

pluralkindle-coals

Origin of kindle-coal

From kindle + fire.

Questions about kindle-coal

What does kindle-coal mean?
Kindle-coal means a troublemaker.
What part of speech is kindle-coal?
Kindle-coal is a noun.
What is the plural of kindle-coal?
The plural of kindle-coal is kindle-coals.

Words near kindle-coal in the dictionary

  1. Kindigs
  2. kindish
  3. kindjal
  4. kindjals
  5. kindle
  6. kindle-coal
  7. kindle-coals
  8. kindle-fire
  9. kindle-fires
  10. kindled
  11. kindler

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