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Coaley¹

proper noun

  1. A village and civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7701).

coaley²

noun coaleys

  1. obsolete, slang A coalman. But when I strove my flame to tell, / Says she, 'Come, stow that patter, / If you're a cove wot likes a gal, / Vy don't you stand some gatter?' / In course I instantly complied— / Two brimming quarts of porter, / With sev'ral goes of gin beside, / Drain'd Bet the Coaley's daughter.

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@misc{coaley_2026,
  title = {coaley},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/coaley},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}