coalhole


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coalhole

(ˈkəʊlˌhəʊl)
n
informal Brit a small coal cellar
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Noun1.coalhole - a bin for holding coal
bin - a container; usually has a lid
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Aden, which the British had captured in 1839 from the sultan, was chosen as the most suitable location and later became so heavily used as a coal-bunkering facility that it was nicknamed the "Coalhole of the East." Certain mainland areas were purchased by the British between 1868 and 1888, and in 1937 Aden became a British crown colony.
Fortunately we got through a coalhole and onto a street.
Their bleached bones still moulder 250 feet below the ground in a gallery linking the Benston pit to several coalholes near the Ghosties.