mother of coal

noun

mineral charcoal.

Origin of mother of coal

First recorded in 1865–70

Words nearby mother of coal

mother language, mother liquor, mother lode, mother nature, mother of, mother of coal, mother of god, mother of parliaments, mother of satan, mother of the chapel, mother of vinegar

Example sentences from the Web for mother of coal

  • There was no parting except two inches of mother-of-coal—midway, which would make it but easier to mine.

    The Trail of the Lonesome Pine |John Fox, Jr.