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coal hole

noun

  1. informal.
    a small coal cellar
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Nowadays, few of us are likely to get that many cards — or have a coal hole — but the market is still burning hot.

By 1854, elaborately decorated Valentines were so popular that Punch ran a cartoon showing a burdened delivery man pouring thousands of cards into a family’s coal hole on the street.

By 1854, elaborately decorated Valentines were so popular that Punch ran a cartoon showing a burdened delivery man pouring thousands of cards into a family’s coal hole on the street.

Nowadays, few of us are likely to get that many cards — or have a coal hole — but the market is still burning hot.

The odds are even but Piqué, who could find light in a coal hole, is reassuringly upbeat.

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