egg coal

noun

anthracite in sizes ranging from 2.44 to 3.25 inches (8 to 8 cm), intermediate between broken coal and stove coal.
bituminous coal in sizes ranging from 1.5 to 4 inches (4 to 10 cm).

Origin of egg coal

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55

Words nearby egg coal

egg and spoon race, egg apparatus, egg case, egg cell, egg cluster, egg coal, egg cream, egg cup, egg foo yung, egg in your beer, egg membrane

Example sentences from the Web for egg coal

  • My gifts do not run to the care of a horse and an egg-coal fire.

    Dwellers in Arcady |Albert Bigelow Paine