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noun 
  1. (mining) A large basket, especially as used for coal.
  • 1997, Why, I am simple as a pony, Sir"?" born in a Drift, a Corf for my cradle, and nought but the Back-shift for Schoolmasters there"? " Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon
Etymology: Via Middle Low German korf or Middle Dutch korf, from Latin corbis "basket".


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