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posting the coal

posting the coal is the present participle and gerund of post the coal.

Meaning of post the coal

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

Questions about posting the coal

What is posting the coal the present participle and gerund of?
Posting the coal is the present participle and gerund of post the coal.

Words near posting the coal in the dictionary

  1. posting dates
  2. posting house
  3. posting houses
  4. posting inn
  5. posting off
  6. posting the coal
  7. posting up
  8. postingestion
  9. postingestive
  10. postings
  11. postinhibitory

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