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coal

/koʊl/ adjective C2
  1. Black like coal; coal-black.
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One of the seconds went for a lantern in a coal-barge near, and by its light they examined the weapons.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 773 · C1
And as bees cannot live when their stings are broken that was the end of the black bees, and they lay scattered thick about the Woodman, like little heaps of fine coal.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 81 · B2
The Wicked Witch was so angry when she saw her black bees in little heaps like fine coal that she stamped her foot and tore her hair and gnashed her teeth.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 81 · B2
I have heard him talk of the coal and iron districts.
The Valley of Fear, p. 51 · C1

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