coalmine

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A form of coal mine — A mine from which coal (such as lignite or anthracite) is mined.

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nouncoalmine (plural coalmines)

plural coalmines

  1. alternativeAlternative form of coal mine.

    Work on the new railroad that thrust its way up onto the Shangtang: Plateau from the old railhead at the huge coalmine of Chiaotso in the Yellow River Valley went on for three years.

    1983, William Hinton, “Two Dams and a Railroad”, in Shenfan, New York: Vintage Books, published 1984, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 226

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