(I cannot see why one should be called stoker and the other fireman, for they both have to keep the fire going and the steam up). From Wordnik.com. [The Stoker's Catechism] Reference
Our driver and fireman ( "stoker," perhaps you call the latter) are very great men. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks A Magazine for the Young (Date of issue unknown)] Reference
The stoker is the person in the back. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 26, 2007] Reference
He stopped when the stoker was a few paces away. From Wordnik.com. [The Stoker and the Stars] Reference
I seated myself in the place of the absent stoker. From Wordnik.com. [The Esperanto Teacher A Simple Course for Non-Grammarians] Reference
It had to be something like that, about the stoker. From Wordnik.com. [The Stoker and the Stars] Reference
The stoker was coming down on one of the cargo slings. From Wordnik.com. [The Stoker and the Stars] Reference
The stoker set her down in a warm corner, and looked at her now. From Wordnik.com. [Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy.] Reference
The stoker nodded, and they walked over to his vehicle together. From Wordnik.com. [The Stoker and the Stars] Reference
There's no such thing as a stoker any more, with automatic ships. From Wordnik.com. [The Stoker and the Stars] Reference
The stoker came back to our ship that night, without his duffelbag. From Wordnik.com. [The Stoker and the Stars] Reference
Another feature in stoker-fired plants is in the cleaning of fires. From Wordnik.com. [Steam, Its Generation and Use] Reference
The stoker and his daughter walked to the farther end, and came to where. From Wordnik.com. [Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy.] Reference
The Babcock & Wilcox chain grate is representative of this design of stoker. From Wordnik.com. [Steam, Its Generation and Use] Reference
'She's nawt content, is she?' said the stoker, settling his head into his hands. From Wordnik.com. [Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy.] Reference
It was an odd thing to see -- the stoker, and the Jek, who did not stand as tall. From Wordnik.com. [The Stoker and the Stars] Reference
The stoker develops the muscles of his arms and back, the engineer alertness of eye and ear. From Wordnik.com. [Civics and Health] Reference
I'm here as Zaidos, the stoker; and you will forget Zaidos of Saloniki as fast as ever you can. From Wordnik.com. [Shelled by an Unseen Foe] Reference
Little and Hobbs Kerry rushed up, and aiming their revolvers at the driver and stoker, the former yelled. From Wordnik.com. [Jack Wright and His Electric Stage; or, Leagued Against the James Boys] Reference
I don't know what MacReidie may have told the skipper about the stoker, or if he tried to tell him anything. From Wordnik.com. [The Stoker and the Stars] Reference
I should not be delayed I gave him a sovereign and his stoker another, and asked him as a favor to make time. From Wordnik.com. [Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude] Reference
"Look at that crooked thing there," said one of the visitors, pointing to the air-tube leading to the stoker. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs] Reference
Williams himself being in command, Mr. Gwayne being the driver of the engine, and Mr.A. Moffat acting as stoker. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
The stoker had already left on the Jek ship, and it turned out he'd trained an apprentice boy to take his place. From Wordnik.com. [The Stoker and the Stars] Reference
In the case of a boiler using a mechanical stoker, the duration, where practicable, should be at least 24 hours. From Wordnik.com. [Steam, Its Generation and Use] Reference
Interest on investment, repairs, depreciation and steam required for blast and stoker drive must all be considered. From Wordnik.com. [Steam, Its Generation and Use] Reference
We found the engineer and one solitary uninjured stoker below, the others having all been killed by a bursting shell. From Wordnik.com. [Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant] Reference
From the standpoint of smokelessness, undoubtedly the best results are obtained with a good stoker, properly operated. From Wordnik.com. [Steam, Its Generation and Use] Reference
For stoker-fired furnaces where high overloads are to be expected or where other extreme conditions of service are apt to occur. From Wordnik.com. [Steam, Its Generation and Use] Reference
Dalton was, in a sense, a self-made man, having begun as stoker of one of the annealing furnaces when both he and the Works were young. From Wordnik.com. [Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls] Reference
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