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COLLIERY
colliery, pit
(noun) a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
colliery (plural collieries)
(British) An underground coal mine, together with its surface buildings.
(US) A facility that supplies coal.
Source: Wiktionary
Col"lier*y, n.; pl. Collieries. Etym: [Cf. Coalery, Collier.]
1. The place where coal is dug; a coal mine, and the buildings, etc., belonging to it.
2. The coal trade. [Obs.] Johnson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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