coaley

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noun

A coalman.

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Meanings

coaley1

nouncoaley (plural coaleys)

plural coaleys

  1. obsoleteslangA coalman.

    But when I strove my flame to tell, / Says she, 'Come, stow that patter, / If you're a cove wot likes a gal, / Vy don't you stand some gatter?' / In course I instantly complied— / Two brimming quarts of porter, / With sev'ral goes of gin beside, / Drain'd Bet the Coaley's daughter.

    Bet the Coaley's Daughter (traditional song)

Coaley2

proper noun
  1. A village and civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7701).
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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