coal hammer

noun

A hammer used to break up lumps of coal, typically in order to make them practical to use on a fire.

First used 16th c.
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Meanings

nouncoal hammer (plural coal hammers)

plural coal hammers

  1. archaicA hammer used to break up lumps of coal, typically in order to make them practical to use on a fire.First known use 16th c.

    He looked curiously at the kitchen-knife and the coal-hammer, which were lying on the table where she had left them.

    1915, W. Somerset Maugham, chapter 97, in Of Human Bondage
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