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ˈcoal face N

1. coal face (mine):

Streb m

2. coal face Brit, Aus fig:

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Few coal faces at the time were lighted by electricity, and the miners lighted their work with helmets bearing carbide lamps that burned calcium carbide to produce flammable acetylene.
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How do you advise somebody at the coal face?
www.telegraph.co.uk
These guys are on the ground at the coal face.
www.qt.com.au
It had three coal faces, with two coal cutting machines per face.
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He worked at the coal face but studied in his spare time, gaining his mine manager's certificate.
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And secondly we need to fix up what's happening at the coal face literally with the level of the dust, we need independent monitoring.
www.abc.net.au
Buyouts mean changes, sales of assets, downsizing, restructuring, and a raft of effects at the coal face.
www.digitaljournal.com
Sometimes it's just because they are working so hard at the coal face and it's not easy to find yourself in that position.
www.christiantoday.com
People working at the coal face here are earning little more than the people they are helping.
www.odt.co.nz
Capabilities of groups at the coal face under changing technologies.
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