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post the coal

post the coal verb: to lay money on a contest.

Verb

post the coal (third-person singular simple present posts the coal, present participle posting the coal, simple past and past participle posted the coal)

  1. (obsolete, slang) To lay money on a contest.
    • Upon Jagellon they who post the coal / Back one who stands, by race, head of the Pole.1877, Punch/The London Charivari, volume LXXII, page 244

Forms of post the coal

third-person singular presentposts the coal
present participleposting the coal
past participleposted the coal
pastposted the coal

Questions about post the coal

What does post the coal mean?
Post the coal means to lay money on a contest.
What part of speech is post the coal?
Post the coal is a verb.
What is the past tense of post the coal?
The past tense of post the coal is posted the coal.

Words near post the coal in the dictionary

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  3. post scriptum
  4. post scriptums
  5. post service
  6. post the coal
  7. post time
  8. post times
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