coal cracker

noun

A native or established resident of the traditional coal-mining area of northeastern Pennsylvania; a worker in the mines of this region.

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Meanings

nouncoal cracker (plural coal crackers)

plural coal crackers

  1. USslangA native or established resident of the traditional coal-mining area of northeastern Pennsylvania; a worker in the mines of this region.

    Pawel Gobol is Joey's humble father, a coal cracker who worked in the mines since he was 15.

    2008, Gene Gomolka, Coal Cracker's Son, Back cover (Google books)
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    Our first coal region poll, and what a great one it was! Coal Crackers sure do love their pizza.

    1998 October, “Top Ten Lists: Pizza Parlors”, in CoalRegion.com, retrieved 29 Oct 2016

    Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Mike Stack . . . said his grandfather was a “coal cracker from Girardville.”

    2016 March 20, Mark Gilger Jr., “Revelers celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, Irish history at Girardville parade”, in The Republican-Herald, Pennsylvania, US, retrieved 29 Oct 2016
  2. historicalA breaker boy.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
breaker boy
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APA

coal cracker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coal%20cracker

MLA

“coal cracker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coal%20cracker. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coal cracker,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coal%20cracker.

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