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stoker::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | abraham stoker, bram stoker |
stoker::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fireman |
| Type of | labourer, jack, laborer, manual laborer |
| Derivation | stoke |
stoker::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | mechanical device |
| Derivation | stoke |
Examples of stoker
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The back person is called the stoker or navigator, though I prefer rear admiral.
From the post-gazette.com
Stoker based Dracula on Vlad the Impaler, whom Charles calls a distant relative.
From the kansas.com
Stoker will contest the charges, according to a statement released by his lawyer.
From the stltoday.com
Stoker, 51, sounds a bit shocked by the positive reception from fans and critics.
From the sacbee.com
Stoker may be eggshell-thin, but it's a refined anomaly that's hard to dismiss.
From the independent.co.uk
It is simply Orwellian for him to be now so widely vilified as a stoker of racism.
From the washingtonpost.com
Stoker had a strong interest in science and medicine and a belief in progress.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Soon after his return to Australia, Whittle enlisted in the Royal Navy as a stoker.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Stoker and Holt reportedly were paid an advance of more than $1 million.
From the sacbee.com
- Irish writer of the horror novel about Dracula (1847-1912)
- A laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship)
- A mechanical device for stoking a furnace
- Fireman or stoker is the job title for someone whose job is to tend the fire for the running of a steam engine.
- "The Stoker" (original German: Der Heizer) is a short story by Franz Kafka. Kafka intended to include the story as the first chapter in a novel he did not complete; the novel was posthumously published under the title Amerika.
- The Stoker is a 1932 American film directed by Chester M. Franklin.
- A person who stokes, especially one on a steamship who stokes coal in the boilers; A device for stoking a fire; a poker; A device that feeds coal into a furnace etc automatically; A person who pedals on the back of a tandem bicycle
- The rear cyclist on a tandem.
- A furnace. Originally a term for coal-fired furnaces since you had to stoke the coal to keep it burning. Many people still refer to their newer, oil-burning furnace as their stoker.
