post the coal

English

Verb

post the coal (third-person singular simple present posts the coal, present participle posting the coal, simple past and past participle posted the coal)

1. (obsolete, gambling, slang) To lay money on a contest.
   • 1877, Punch/The London Charivari, volume LXXII, page 244:

     Upon Jagellon they who post the coal / Back one who stands, by race, head of the Pole.