colliery

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He was secretary to the Miners Union for his colliery, and had heard a good deal of silly wrangling that left him nettled He strode over a stile, crossed two fields, strode another stile, and was in the long road of colliers' dwellings.

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  1. noun A coal mine together with its physical plant and outbuildings.

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  • Staff look forward to a bright future at a South Yorkshire colliery which closed over a decade ago. —  The Blog of Kev
  • It has now been three years since the closure of Ellington colliery, the last deep mine pit in the UK. —  icNewcastle
  • A FORMER Glasgow colliery could be transformed into a new development of around 270 houses.
  • [36] Bevan begins: A young miner in a South Wales colliery, my concern was with one practical question: Where does the power lie in this particular state of Great Britain, and how can it be attained by the workers? —  WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
  • In the other incident at Karipani colliery area, CISF constable Shiv Charan Singh shot dead his senior after a verbal duel. —  The Times of India
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  1. Also, rarely, coalery, conformed to coal; from collier + -y: see -ery. Cf. coalery.
 

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/ˈkɑlyəri/
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