jeremy collier









jeremy collier


noun

  1. Jeremy,1650–1726, English clergyman and author.

noun mainly British

  1. a coal miner
    1. a ship designed to transport coal
    2. a member of its crew
n.

late 13c., collere “charcoal maker and seller,” agent noun from Middle English col (see coal). They were notorious for cheating their customers. Sense of “ship for hauling coal” is from 1620s.

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