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chymist¹

Chymist- a chemists. The quotations cited by the OED imply that the modern form "chemist" was adopted c1800

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Synonyms - chymists¹
cit¹

Cit - Short for citizen; usually applied, more or less contemptuously, to a townsman or 'cockney' as distinguished from a countryman, or to a tradesman or shopkeeper as distinguished from a gentleman [OED]

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Synonyms - cits¹
clam(1)

Starve

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clart¹

Meaning uncertain. Possibly "an instrument for clearing the bars of a furnace of slag, cinders, ashes" [Dictionary of the Scots Language]

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Synonyms - clarts¹
clinker

Solid waste left by the burning of coal [CPB]

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cloot¹

A rag, a piece of cloth; a cloth, often such as is used for housework dict sctos lang [Dictionary of the Scots Language]

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Clover (in or on)
to live (or be) in clover : to live luxuriously [OED]  
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clown²

one of the characters in a pantomime or harlequinade [OED]; a jester making jokes and playing pranks often at the expense of the other cahracters, especially Pantaloon. [CPB]
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"Joey" Grimaldi as Clown c1820

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clown¹

A countryman, rustic, or peasant.
Implying ignorance, crassness, or rude manners: A mere rustic, a peasant.
A man without refinement or culture; an ignorant, rude, uncouth, ill-bred man. [OED]

clubman¹

Probably a tallyman: One who carries on a tally-trade, or supplies goods on credit, to be paid for by instalments

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Clubs¹

Probably some sort of commercial association

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coach-box¹

The seat occupied by the driver of a coach [OED]

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Synonyms - coach box¹, box¹
coachee

Coachman [OED]

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coal_heaver¹

Coal Heaver: A person employed in moving or carrying coal. Sometimes: specifically. a dock worker who unloads coal by shovelling it in stages from the lower levels of a ship up to the deck. [OED]

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Synonyms - coal_heavers¹
cocky¹

Diminutive of cock: a term of endearment [OED]

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Synonyms - cockie¹
coke
 The solid substance left after mineral coal has been deprived by dry distillation of its volatile constituents. OED. Coke was an important industrial fuel.
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cold_collation¹

A collation or lunch consisting entirely of things that have been prepared with heat, and afterwards allowed to cool. [OED]

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collier¹

A vessel used for carrying coal [CPB]

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Come to the day(1)

arrive at the surface (Collieries of North East England).

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comfortable(1)

A type of covered wherry
[Folk Archive North East FARNE website]

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Synonyms - comfortables

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