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Meanings of Stoker in English

Portuguese
fogueiro
Catalan
fogainer
Wikidata

A laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship)

fogueiro
Russian
механический углеподатчик
Wikidata

Device for delivering coal to locomotive firebox.

механический углеподатчик
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Examples for "mechanical stoker"
Examples for "mechanical stoker"
1
In the case of a boiler using a mechanical stoker, the duration, where practicable, should be at least 24 hours.
Steam, Its Generation and Use
2
The first method is carried out in any of the many forms of mechanical stoker, of which this of Sinclair's is an admirable specimen.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 586, March 26, 1887
Portuguese
bram stoker
Catalan
bram stoker
Spanish
bram stoker

Irish writer of the horror novel about Dracula (1847-1912)

bram stoker
Usage of Stoker in English
1
Sweet Deal should push forward as will Fire Stoker and Sweet Bouquet.
News.com.au
2
Expect delays if you are on Nick Toomey & Miles Stoker Roads.
The South African
3
Did you see the notes from Stoker's business secretary at the Lyceum?
The sherlockian
4
But he could not blame Penelope, or Mrs Churchward, or Florence Stoker.
Anno Dracula
5
First off, what did they call them before Stoker published the book?
Blood rites
6
The venue was the slightly tacky Bram Stoker Dracula Experience in Clontarf.
The Irish Times
7
Dracula was introduced in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel of the same name.
Reuters
8
His own handwriting became quickly more smudged and illegible than even Stoker's.
The sherlockian
9
Beauregard could see the railings of the Stoker house, but little else.
Anno Dracula
10
Something else Stoker may have drawn on were Ireland's 19th-century cholera outbreaks.
Independent.ie
11
The Strain does a neat update and twist on Bram Stoker's Dracula.
BBC
12
Joseph Bellamy Stoker's love of being useful to people of all ages.
The Guardian Angel
13
Of what does the driving mechanism of a Duplex Locomotive Stoker consist?
The Traveling Engineers' Association to Improve the Locomotive E...
14
And now Myrtle's gettin' run away with by that pesky Minister Stoker.
The Guardian Angel
15
They had acres of funky vampire powers, right out of Stoker's book.
Blood rites
16
Bram Stoker stole it, or threw it out, or something like that.
The sherlockian
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