coal scuttle

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English

Kohlenschütte - coal scuttle

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Noun

coal scuttle (plural coal scuttles)

  1. A metal container of varying shapes, equipped with a handle for carrying coal for use on a domestic fire.
    • 2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 42:
      He wanted to see less marshalling of trains, and a move away from a culture that allowed 85% of a wagon's life to be spent "empty, being used as storage bins for goods or in sidings as coal scuttles".

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