coalman
Brings black rocks
A coalman is a person who delivers coal to homes and businesses.
The occupation was common when coal was the primary fuel for heating, and the coalman would carry heavy sacks from his truck to customers' coal cellars or bins: The coalman came every Thursday morning.
The term is now largely historical in places that have switched to other fuels.
Darkened by burning
- grimeIngrained surface dirt
- smudgeUnclear dirty mark
- dustyCoated with fine particles
- grimyCoated in stubborn dirt
filthy · stained · smeared · face · hands · clothes · cap · apron
One who transports goods
- roundsAmmunition or bout divisions
- doorstepEntrance's bottom ledge
- sackRough fabric bag
- hundredweightUnit of mass, ~100 pounds
cellar · bunker · merchant · supplier · haulage · cart · horse-drawn · lorry
Indoor structure for burning
- grateFramework of metal bars
- scuttleSink intentionally; hurried shuffle
- kindlingMaterial for starting fires
- embersSmoldering fire remnants
warmth · chimney · fireside · winter · heating · domestic · household · parlor
Strenuous, prolonged effort
- manualWritten instructions for use
- physicalOf body or matter
- heavyOf great mass
- liftingRaising something heavy
carrying · shoveling · muscle · strength · endurance · fatigue · exertion · sweat
Of documented times
- nineteenth-centuryThe years 1801-1900
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- industrialOf factories and production
- gaslightDistort someone's reality
London · Dickensian · domestic · servant · tradesman · working-class · era · period
blackened
Darkened by burning
grimy · filthy · stained · smeared · face · hands · clothes · cap · apron · soot
deliveryman
One who transports goods
hundredweight · cellar · bunker · merchant · supplier · haulage · cart · horse-drawn · lorry · depot
fireplace
Indoor structure for burning
- grateFramework of metal bars
- scuttleSink intentionally; hurried shuffle
- kindlingMaterial for starting fires
embers · warmth · chimney · fireside · winter · heating · domestic · household · parlor · sitting room
toil
Strenuous, prolonged effort
lifting · carrying · shoveling · muscle · strength · endurance · fatigue · exertion · sweat · backbreaking
historical
Of documented times
- nineteenth-centuryThe years 1801-1900
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- industrialOf factories and production
gaslight · London · Dickensian · domestic · servant · tradesman · working-class · era · period · nostalgic
coalmanmilkman
Home dairy deliverer
baker · florist · white-collar worker · office clerk · pharmacist