Term Gallery logo

Meanings of coal scuttle in English

Bucket for conveying coal to a stove or fireplace.

Container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire.

Synonyms
Examples for "hod"
Examples for "hod"
1
One would think every brick in the hod had dropped on her.
Sixes and Sevens
2
She knocked a whole plank out of the bottom with a hod.
Sixes and Sevens
3
Once he got permission to carry a hod for half an hour.
A Mountain Woman
4
And what's that got to do with our gifted little hod carrier?
Half Portions
5
Oh, gritty-natured Guerilla regiments of the hod, the trowel, and the brick-kiln!
Hide and Seek
1
She came upstairs again, and she took the coal hod out'n my hands, and said-saidshe:
Self-Raised; Or, From the Depths
2
Suddenly the store door closed behind me; broom, oil can, coal hod and scissors knew me no more.
Confessions of Boyhood
1
AS turned up at Neville's door again this week, coal bucket in hand.
The Guardian
2
Uncle Bobbie arose and placed the coal bucket between them.
That Printer of Udell's: A Story of the Middle West
3
He seized a coal bucket and started down the path.
Wait until spring, bandini
4
He filled the coal bucket.
Wait until spring, bandini
5
In the metal coal bucket, I could see my reflection, a large-eyed boy with reddish brown hair and a mouth just like my mother's.
Voices in the dark
Usage of coal scuttle in English
1
The fire had burned down and she reached for the coal scuttle.
Romancing miss bronte: a novel
2
Anthony put down his coal scuttle and took hold of Betty's tray.
The Camp Fire Girls in the Outside World
3
A discarded spray of silver whiskers had been tossed in the coal scuttle.
The Mammoth Book of Steampunk
4
He left the coal scuttle in the shed, and went out into the air.
Dangerous Days
5
Here the coal scuttle slipped and my old friend tumbled into the collar boxes with a groan.
Observations of a Retired Veteran
6
Present arms, here comes a coal scuttle.
With Those Who Wait
7
Doctor Tisnower the loveliest hand-hammered brass coal scuttle that ever was seen-andwith a purple ribbon tied to its tail.
Mrs. Budlong's Christmas Presents
8
A pile of them lay almost at her feet, as if heaped there by someone sweeping out a coal scuttle.
Swan Song
9
Ten minutes later I was in a hot tin bath shaped like an overgrown coal scuttle, its water foaming with carbolic soap.
Act of will
10
The hat, as Mr. Sala humorously puts it, resembles an inverted coal scuttle or bucket without handles, and pierced by many holes.
My Native Land / The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, a...
11
When Becky went downstairs, she was not the same Becky who had staggered up, loaded down by the weight of the coal scuttle.
A Little Princess / Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told...
12
I didn't have far to go; he had been tumbled into a corner with empty collar boxes, a broken coal scuttle, and some fire kindling.
Observations of a Retired Veteran
13
Scullery maids were machines who carried coal scuttles and made fires.
A Little Princess / Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told...
14
There were gears piled atop half-finished knitting and cranking mechanisms attached to coal scuttles.
Blameless
15
The hail of " coal scuttles" having subsided, the General mounted to his observation post.
With Those Who Wait
16
May 28th, A fender and two coal scuttles.
A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller. P...