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charcoal burner

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Noun1.charcoal burner - a worker whose job is to make charcoal
worker - a person who works at a specific occupation; "he is a good worker"
2.charcoal burner - a stove that burns charcoal as fuel
cooking stove, kitchen range, kitchen stove, stove, range - a kitchen appliance used for cooking food; "dinner was already on the stove"


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As I approached it I saw that it was the dead and mummified remains of a little old woman with long black hair, and the thing it leaned over was a small charcoal burner upon which rested a round copper vessel containing a small quantity of greenish powder.
A Princess of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
Well, as it turned out, this charcoal burner was just the twin of the Southern "poor white" of the far future.
A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context
Tomorrow he might be assaulting the ramparts of her father's castle, but today he was joyously offering to sacrifice his life for her--had she been the daughter of a charcoal burner he would have done no less--it was enough that she was a woman and in need of protection.
The Outlaw of Torn by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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