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Mixmaster|ˈmɪksmɑːstə(r)|
The proprietary name of a type of electrical food-mixer. Freq. transf. and fig. (see quots.).
1931Good Housekeeping (N.Y.) Oct. 223/3 (Advt.), See what you get now in Mixmaster. A food mixer that beats everything—a juice extractor—an automatic salad oil dripper. 1935Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 11 June 278/2 Chicago Flexible Shaft Co. Mixmaster for Food Mixers, Fruit Juice Extractor, [etc.] filed Nov. 21, 1934. 1946Britannica Bk. of Year (U.S.) 832/2 Mixmaster, army bomber propelled by two rear counter-revolving propellers. Made by Douglas Aircraft Co., Inc. 1951R. Malkin Boxcars in Sky xiii. 156 In the business, they refer jocularly to the helicopter by a number of descriptive names: ‘eggbeater’, ‘windmill’, and ‘mixmaster’, to mention a few. 1963Economist 11 May 537/2 A ‘mixmaster’ force of ships with American missiles and international crews. 1967Punch 22 Mar. 410/1 On all those important matters our opinions are divided, and so therefore are our teachers; the whole situation is confused in the extreme. The mix-master whirrs, the beaters rotate, but unfortunately the recipe is missing. 1971M. Tak Truck Talk 107 Mixmaster-special, any transmission with two shift levers; so named because, in running through the gears, the trucker's hands are constantly in motion. |