coal cracker
(historical) A breaker boy.
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(historical) A breaker boy.
2008, Gene Gomolka, '''''Coal Cracker's' Son, , [https://books.google.ca/books?id=06hBDnrzNn0C&pg=PA259&lpg=PA259&dq=%22a+coal+cracker%22&source=bl&ots=5DJklsB9Ur&sig=6iLu5kydRexLskWbyKxLrXQ6moE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiW34mvjYHQAhUHxYMKHR…
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(US, slang) A native or established resident of the traditional coal-mining area of northeastern Pennsylvania; a worker in the mines of this region.
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