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  • A third door led to the coal-house, which was well stocked.

    The Heart of Mid-Lothian 2007

  • But no, it was there, propped just inside the coal-house door.

    Rose cottage Stewart, Mary, 1916- 1997

  • But no, it was there, propped just inside the coal-house door.

    Rose cottage Stewart, Mary, 1916- 1997

  • It looks as if somebody will have to sleep in Timmy's kennel, and I've a good mind to make a bed up for you in the coal-house!

    Five Go To Demon's Rock Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1983

  • Mother sent her hired man to see that the coal-house was ready for the coal, while Johnnie Jones hurried off to collect the children.

    All About Johnnie Jones Carolyn Verhoeff

  • Monius says in the Prologue: -- 'What is presented here, is an old musty show, that has lain this twelvemonth in the bottom of a coal-house amongst brooms and old shoes.'

    Shakspere and Montaigne Jacob Feis

  • Some of the children played that they were strong horses, and drew the wagons, which the others loaded at the gate and unloaded at the coal-house door.

    All About Johnnie Jones Carolyn Verhoeff

  • Mr. Philpot had a private interview with Bonner the same night, and was then remanded to his bed of straw like other prisoners, in the coal-house.

    Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs John Foxe

  • It may come any minute and Father is too busy to put it into the coal-house.

    All About Johnnie Jones Carolyn Verhoeff

  • All of the children, too, worked quite as hard as any real horses, or any real men, and after a while, before dark, the load of coal was safe in the coal-house.

    All About Johnnie Jones Carolyn Verhoeff

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