This week's theme
What a difference a letter makes

This week's words
palatine
collier
lares and penates
hyperbolic
debark

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(KOL-yuhr)

MEANING:

noun:
1. A coal miner.
2. A coal liner.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Old English col (coal). Earliest documented use: 1594, 1661.

USAGE:

"Gunar turned to find a grimy-faced man, black as a collier."
Lisa Hendrix; Immortal Champion; Berkley; 2011.

"When the collier Marlin sailed into Hampton Roads on Jan 14, it didn't arrive like most coal ships do -- empty."
Gregory Richards; Area Getting Two Facilities for Incoming Coal; The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk); Feb 1, 2007.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: