charcoal burner
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charcoal burner (plural charcoal burners)
- A person whose job it is to make charcoal, traditionally by carbonizing wood in a charcoal pile or kiln.
- 1881, H.L. Brækstad (translator), Round the Yule Log: Norwegian Folk and Fairy Tales, page 308, "The Charcoal-Burner", translation of "Kullbrenneren", Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, in Norske Folke-Eventyr. Ny Samling 1871.
- There was once upon a time a charcoal-burner who had a son; and he was also a charcoal-burner.
- 1881, H.L. Brækstad (translator), Round the Yule Log: Norwegian Folk and Fairy Tales, page 308, "The Charcoal-Burner", translation of "Kullbrenneren", Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, in Norske Folke-Eventyr. Ny Samling 1871.
- A heater or brazier in which charcoal is burnt.
- An edible European mushroom (Russula cyanoxantha).
- Here in Canada very few people gather charcoal burners for food, as it is tricky to identify.
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one who makes charcoal
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