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Coal scuttle   /koʊl skˈətəl/   Listen
Coal scuttle

noun
1.
Container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire.  Synonym: scuttle.






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"Coal scuttle" Quotes from Famous Books



... trained into all of them from their earliest days;—but there were countless surprises. The opening of a candy box disclosed a toy puppy; a toy cat was filled not with the desired candy but with popcorn. The candy was handed about in the brass coal scuttle, beautifully polished and lined with paraffin paper. Each guest received a present. A string of jet beads proved to be small black seeds, and a necklace of green jade resolved itself on inspection into a collar of green string beans strung by one end so that they lay ...
— Ethel Morton's Holidays • Mabell S. C. Smith



Words linked to "Coal scuttle" :   scuttle, container



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