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posts the coal

posts the coal is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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Posts the coal is the third-person singular simple present indicative of post the coal.

Words near posts the coal in the dictionary

  1. postrubella
  2. postrubeolar
  3. posts
  4. posts and lintels
  5. posts off
  6. posts the coal
  7. posts up
  8. postsaccadic
  9. postsaccadically
  10. postsacral
  11. postsale

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