| 单词 | coffee biggin |
| 释义 | > as lemmascoffee biggin More fully coffee biggin. A type of coffee pot containing a strainer, through which coffee infuses without mixing with the water. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > preparation of drinks > [noun] > preparation of coffee > utensils coffee-pot1705 coffee maker1754 biggin1789 coffee-biggin1803 percolator1830 cafetière1846 coffee machine1894 drip coffee-pot1897 Silex1914 perc1934 filtre1940 French press1956 drip coffee-maker1964 plunger1970 pourover1973 Napoletana1983 1789 Caledonian Mercury 17 Oct. 1/2 Pontipool Tea Kitchens, Coffee Biggens, Tea Pots, and Candlesticks. a1803 T. Moore in Mem. & Corr. (1853) I. 97 I had yesterday a long visit from Mr. Biggin..By the bye it is from him the coffee biggins take their name. 1803 Gentleman's Mag. 73 1094 Mr. Biggin some years ago invented a new sort of coffee pot which has been ever since extensively sold under the name of coffee biggins. 1817 Ogle Specif. Patent 4173 Improvements in tea and coffee pots or biggins.—‘The tea or coffee being put into the canister, placed within the pot or biggin, the boiling water is then poured upon it, and the extract is filtered through the strainer into the exterior pot or biggin.’ 1870 Ladies' Repository Oct. 251/1 He poured boiling water into the biggin on the coffee, considering it equally infused when it began to bubble on the surface. 1944 C. Drepperd Primer Amer. Antiques 199/2 Biggin, an early type of coffee percolator, in pint size. Known in silver, brass, Sheffield, tin, pewter, pottery. Biggins were designed for individual use at ‘biggin time’—9 to 10 a.m. and 4 to 5 p.m. 1971 Country Life 1 Apr. 48 Georgian silver tea set..comprises a biggin on a spirit stand, a cream jug, sugar bowl and two teapots. 2005 Western Morning News (Plymouth) (Nexis) 23 Apr. 8 A Georgian coffee biggin carrying maker's initials..asks £180–£250. < as lemmas |
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