| 单词 | salamander safe |
| 释义 | > as lemmassalamander safe ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > place for keeping money > money box or chest > [noun] > safe safe1668 safe deposit1768 salamander safe1840 box1891 pete1909 keister1913 night safe1930 pete box1930 1840 Merchants' Mag. 2 280 The Salamander Safe. 1845 in C. Cist Cincinnati Misc. I. 194/2 These Salamander safes are made of stout, wrought bar and plate iron,..lined with a chemical preparation, which is a non-conductor of heat, and is indestructible by fire. 1852 Hunt's Merchants' Mag. 26 256 In April, 1833 I [sc. C. J. Gayler] patented my ‘Double Fire Proof Safe’. The same year the name ‘Salamander’ was applied to it, for the reason that one had been subjected to a very intense heat for a long time, and fully protected its valuable contents. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Salamander-safes, an American name for patent fire-proof iron safes. 1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) at Safe They are now generally made fireproof; and some of these are called ‘salamander safes’. < as lemmas |
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