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percolator|ˈpɜːkəleɪtə(r)|
Also percolater.
[Agent-n., in L. form, from percōlāre to percolate.]
a. One who or that which percolates.
b. An apparatus for percolating or straining a liquid; a filter or strainer: (a) for straining coffee; (b) for obtaining an extract by percolation (see percolation a). Also attrib.
1842Francis Dict. Arts, Percolator, a filtering machine. 1845E. Acton Mod. Cookery xxvii. 647 It will be stronger if slowly filtered in what is called a percolator, or coffee-biggin, than if it be boiled. 1857Henfrey Bot. §653 Through these tissues the juices freely percolate..they act as percolators. 1861Mrs. Beeton Bk. Househ. Managem. 875 Let the coffee be freshly ground..; put it into a percolater, or filter,..and pour slowly over it..boiling water. 1869Pattern Bk. Copper, etc., Ware (H. Loveridge & Co.) 103 Coffee Percolators. 1871‘M. Legrand’ Cambr. Freshm. xiv. 238 Taking occasional sips of black coffee—at making which, in a patent percolator, Mr. Samuel had become..quite a proficient. 1885C. G. W. Lock Workshop Receipts Ser. iv. 198/2 Gradually pour into the percolator sufficient of the..liquid to be filtered, to drive before it, or ‘displace’, the liquid contained in the mass. 1958Times 6 Nov. 12/6 If we wanted a pint of essence of ginger, we just put 10 oz. of powdered Jamaica ginger into a percolater, and allowed sufficient rectified spirit to pass through to collect a pint. 1963B.S.I. News May 35 Electric coffee percolators. 1978L. Deighton SS-GB xv. 126 She tipped the coffee into the percolator top, closed the lid and set it on the heat.
c. transf. (a) A carburettor; (b) a house-rent party (house n.1 24); loosely, any party. U.S. slang.
1942Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §82/4 Carburetor, carb, jug, juicer, juice pot, mixer, percolator, pot, sifter. 1946R. Blesh Shining Trumpets xiii. 303 The great South Side institution of ‘rent party’ (locally known as ‘skiffle’, ‘shake’, or ‘percolator’). 1956S. Longstreet Real Jazz xvi. 126 You could always..get together..and charge a few coins and have..a percolator. 1967Partridge Dict. Slang Suppl. 1289/2 ‘To have a shake, rave or percolator..to have a party’ (Anderson): beatniks': since ca. 1959. 1971M. Tak Truck Talk 117 Percolator, the carburetor. 1974H. L. Foster Ribbin' iv. 141 In Chicago, these parties were called a ‘parlour social’, ‘gouge’, ‘struggle’, ‘percolator’, ‘too terrible party’, or the ‘skiffle’. |