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egg coal

–noun
1. anthracite in sizes ranging from 3 1/4 to 2 7/16 in. (8 to 6 cm), intermediate between broken coal and stove coal.
2. bituminous coal in sizes ranging from 4 to 1 1/2 in. (10 to 4 cm).

Origin:
1850–55, Americanism
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