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cannel coal

English edit

Etymology edit

Corrupted from candle coal.

Noun edit

cannel coal (countable and uncountable, plural cannel coals)

  1. cannel (type of coal)
    • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter II, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
      Gerald was enthusiastic. After a while they shook hands, it being time to separate. And for a long time Selwyn sat there alone in the visitors’ room, absent-eyed, facing the blazing fire of cannel coal.
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