coal hod

noun

1. a small pail for carrying coal; a coal scuttle.

Word History and Origins

Origin of coal hod¹

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

When she was a baby, Jo had accidently dropped her into the coal hod, and Amy insisted that the fall had ruined her nose forever.

From Literature

When his dish was empty and polished bright, under Ellen's approving eye, by his circling tongue, he would promenade dolefully about the kitchen, peering with an air of deep dejection into coal hod and wood basket, as if he were starved to a diet of cinders and kindlings, well aware that behind his back Ellen was heaping his dish anew.

From Project Gutenberg

"Didn't come," grunted Marty, and picked up the empty coal hod.

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"I'm going right home," she said to Marty, when he came back with the replenished coal hod.

From Project Gutenberg

But when he had swung a lantern and an empty coal hod on one arm, taken a little hatchet and a basket of chips in his hand, and hoisted a small ladder over his shoulder, he was fain to acknowledge that there was no accommodation for his hammer and a large paper of nails.

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