coal cracker

English

Noun

coal cracker (plural coal crackers)

  1. (US, slang) A native or established resident of the traditional coal-mining area of northeastern Pennsylvania; a worker in the mines of this region.
    • 1998 October, “Top Ten Lists: Pizza Parlors”, in CoalRegion.com, retrieved 29 October 2016:
      Our first coal region poll, and what a great one it was! Coal Crackers sure do love their pizza.
    • 2008, Gene Gomolka, Coal Cracker's Son, →ISBN, Back cover (Google books):
      Pawel Gobol is Joey's humble father, a coal cracker who worked in the mines since he was 15.
    • 2016 March 20, Mark Gilger Jr., “Revelers celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, Irish history at Girardville parade”, in The Republican-Herald, Pennsylvania, US, retrieved 29 October 2016:
      Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Mike Stack . . . said his grandfather was a “coal cracker from Girardville.”

Usage notes
  • Often used with the connotation that the person so designated comes from a modest, blue-collar background.
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