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coal cracker

noun

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  1. A native or established resident of the traditional coal-mining area of northeastern…

    A native or established resident of the traditional coal-mining area of northeastern Pennsylvania; a worker in the mines of this region.

    • Our first coal region poll, and what a great one it was! Coal Crackers sure do love their pizza.
    • Pawel Gobol is Joey's humble father, a coal cracker who worked in the mines since he was 15.
    • Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Mike Stack . . . said his grandfather was a “coal cracker from Girardville.”

  2. A breaker boy.

The neighborhood

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