单词 | pot warmer |
释义 | > as lemmaspot warmer pot warmer n. any of various devices which heat up a cooking pot or keep a pot warm, (now) esp. a tea cosy; also figurative. ΚΠ 1721 True Inventory Sir J. Fellowes 21 in Particulars Estates South-sea Company I In the Kitchen... Two Spits, two chopping Knives, a pot Warmer, a Copper-boiler fix'd, [etc.]. 1935 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 25 July 11/2 Other equipment demonstrated included lunchettes with pot warmers. 1945 Times 28 Apr. 5/6 The family..have supplied the rectors for this parish..since 1954 without a break except for two ‘pot-warmers’ who filled a few months' gap. 2002 Dominion Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 18 Oct. 11 Who would have thunk it, an exhibition of tea cosies? A look at the 100-plus pot-warmers.., and you'll see they are works of art. < as lemmas |
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