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coal scuttle
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
â–ª She wished her to dust the furniture, burnish the coal scuttle, and clean the windows.
WordNet
coal scuttle

n. container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire [syn: scuttle]

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Coal scuttle

A coal scuttle, sometimes spelled coalscuttle and also called a hod, "coal bucket", or "coal pail", is a bucket-like container for holding a small, intermediate supply of coal convenient to an indoor coal-fired stove or heater.

Usage examples of "coal scuttle".

The only trouble was, as Wilson was quick to point out when the door dosed behind the man, that he had sounded more like a butler excusing himself for a few minutes while he refilled a coal scuttle.

Instead of reaching down for the coal scuttle, I moved over to the sideboard and picked up a jug of drinking water.

It was black outside, yellow inside, had a stiff collar that stood up around his head like a coal scuttle, and was of a length that reached the ground.

An arched marble fireplace held its little basket of red flameless heat, and a hand-painted coal scuttle stood on the hearth.

Wearing that coal scuttle with its painted swastika set Bagnall’.

Quince bolted for the coal scuttle, but she was a moment too late.

Alucius waited at the top of the loft ladder until his grandsire had walked toward the kitchen and until he heard the clank of the stove door and the clunk of the coal scuttle.

Sorme found a coal scuttle outside the door and a bucket containing ashes.