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coal oil

[ kohl oil ]

noun

Older U.S. Use and Canadian.
  1. petroleum obtained by the destructive distillation of bituminous coal.


coal oil

noun

  1. petroleum or a refined product from petroleum, esp kerosene
  2. a crude oil produced, together with coal gas, during the distillation of bituminous coal
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Origin of coal oil1

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60
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Quinton’s great-uncle Norman T. Brown, a school bus driver, also ran the town’s general store, where he peddled everything from coal oil to wheels of cheese, often extending credit.

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Over 1,000 people showed up on a drizzly night to cheer as firefighters doused buildings with coal oil and set them ablaze.

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Eyewitnesses said planes circled overhead dropping bombs of turpentine or coal oil while buildings were torched from the ground.

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A third cousin of Papa’s, Hopewell Stump, from out in Banks County, clerked and took care of the chickens that folks brought to trade out for nails, flour, sugar, coal oil, coffee, and chewing tobacco.

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The inmates were doused with coal oil and gasoline as a crude disinfectant, he said.

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