I could find only this definition and it appeared on at least 3 sites for occupations. Rose CINDER WENCH A female who collected the cinders from gas works and sold them door to door. From:http://www.gendocs.demon.co.uk/trades.html Jim Acker wrote: > Hi list' > Anyone know what a cinder damper was? > Jim > > ==== NEWGEN Mailing List ==== > ROOTSWEB..............R.I.P.