subs. (common).—A coal-heaver, or porter.
1880. GREENWOOD, Diddler Domesticus, in Odd People in Odd Places, p. 93. With such arguments the bargain is driven to a conclusion, and the grateful ‘COALEY’ takes his departure.
1889. Star, 3 Dec., p. 3, col. 4. The COALIES demonstrated last night in right novel fashion at St. Pancras Arches.
