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Collier

A collier was a ship that carried coal to refuel ships in the coal age.


A collier is also an occupational title for people who carried and sold coal. In the Middle Ages colliery was a common profession.

The profession is mentioned in the opening scene of Romeo & Juliet, as the two servants Gregory and Sampson joke about that they shall not carry coal, or else they shall be colliers.


Collier Row, a place in the London Borough of Havering.

Colliers Wood is an area in the London Borough of Merton.

Collier's was a magazine published between 1888 and 1957.