(also face) noun
the place deep inside a mine where the coal is cut out of the rock:
The miners had to crawl to reach the coalface.
IDIOMS
at the coalface (BrE) where the real work is done, not just where people talk about it:
Many of the best ideas come from doctors at the coalface.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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