collier

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈkɒlɪə(ɹ)/

Noun

slang used by the traveller community

A person in the business or occupation of producing (digging or mining) coal or making charcoal or in its transporting or commerce. / (nautical) A vessel carrying a bulk cargo of coal.

Japanese Meaning

石炭や木炭を生産（採掘または製炭）する事業に従事する人 / 石炭の輸送や商取引に従事する者 / 石炭を積んで運搬する船（石炭運搬船）

What is this buttons?

The old collier told stories of the mine's dangerous shafts to anyone who would listen.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

年配の炭坑夫は、聞きに来る人には誰にでも坑道の危険についての話をしていた。

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Sense（1）

For this reason, the collier took constant care to keep the covering of earth in good order.

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Sense（2）

(nautical) A vessel carrying a bulk cargo of coal.

By 1830, more than two million tons of coal a year, principally from the North East, arrived in London by coastal collier, and that figure reached three million tons by the 1840s.

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Sense（3）

(nautical) A sailor on such a vessel.

Sense（4）

(slang, used by the traveller community) A non-traveller.

colliers

（ plural ）

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