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Pronunciation / Transliteration: yùn méi gōng
"运煤工在船舱里辛苦地铲煤。"
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A laborer whose job is to shovel and load coal, particularly into the furnaces of steamships or locomotives.
"In the nineteenth century, a coal-heaver worked in sweltering and hazardous conditions deep within the ship's hold."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines the Old English 'col' (coal) and the verb 'heave' from the Proto-Germanic '*habjaną' (to lift, raise). Emerging in the 17th century during the rapid expansion of maritime trade and industrial heating, it designated laborers specifically tasked with the grueling physical work of shoveling and transferring coal into ships' bunkers or industrial furnaces.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Coal-heaver" is said worldwide
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charbonnier
Transliteration: shar-bo-nyay
"Le charbonnier pelletait le combustible dans la fournaise."
Kohlenrutscher
Transliteration: ko-lhen-rut-sher
"Der Kohlenrutscher arbeitete schwer im Bauch des Schiffes."
carbonaio
Transliteration: kar-bo-na-io
"Il carbonaio caricava il carbone nella caldaia."
carbonero
Transliteration: kar-bo-ne-ro
"El carbonero trabajaba duramente cargando el combustible."
carvoeiro
Transliteration: kar-voy-ru
"O carvoeiro empurrava o carvão para a fornalha."
कोयला उठाने वाला मज़दूर
Transliteration: koyla uthane wala mazdoor
"वह जहाज़ में कोयला उठाने वाले मज़दूर के रूप में काम करता था।"
运煤工
Transliteration: yùn méi gōng
"运煤工在船舱里辛苦地铲煤。"
석탄 하부 인부
Transliteration: seoktan habu inbu
"석탄 하부 인부들은 매우 고된 노동을 했다."
石炭夫
Transliteration: sekitan-fu
"石炭夫は蒸気船の炉に炭をくべ続けた。"
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