coal-box

I put the shovel away and calmly sat down on the coal-box facing him.

Chapter 9 2010

Clutching the woodwork of the galley for support, — and I confess the grease with which it was scummed put my teeth on edge, — I reached across a hot cooking-range to the offending utensil, unhooked it, and wedged it securely into the coal-box.

Chapter 2 2010

As it was, Kilmanskeg slid under a table and Peter Piper sat down in the coal-box; but notwithstanding all this, they did not lose their tempers and when the nurse sat their house down on the floor with a bump, they all got up and began to laugh.

The RACKETTY-PACKETTY House Frances Hodgson Burnett 2006

No fire was laid, only a few scraps of torn paper and the bowl of a broken corn-cob pipe were visible behind the bars, and in the corner and rather thrust away was an angular japanned coal-box with a damaged hinge.

In the Days of the Comet Herbert George 2006

Nothing was wanting, not even a coal-box and water-pail.

Household Tales 2003

Mr. Mack saw the fire that reflected on coal-box and fender, and he had the notion of it grinning at the novelty and sharing the joke with its neighbors.

At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

Mr. Mack saw the fire that reflected on coal-box and fender, and he had the notion of it grinning at the novelty and sharing the joke with its neighbors.

At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

Mentally cursing her own foolishness, she felt in the darkness for a table, for a lamp ... and yes, a coal-box and tongs.

Conan The Triumphant Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1983

But he couldn't replenish it, for Scrooge kept the coal-box in his own room; and so surely as the clerk came in with the shovel, the master predicted that it would be necessary for them to part.

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 Charles Herbert Sylvester

She led him straight to the coal-box, on which she sat until he had filled a hod with coal.

Friends and Helpers Sarah J. Eddy