purdonium
/pəːˈdəʊnɪəm/noun
A decorative coal box with a removable metal liner and a slot or socket to hold a shovel.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in The Times. Origin uncertain; perhaps from Purdon, the name of either the object's supposed inventor or the first person supposed to have commissioned one to be made + -ium.
- neuterdom
- neuterism
- neuterness
- neutral
- neutral axis
- neutral beam
- neutral blue
- neutral buoyancy
- neutral corner
- neutral current
- neutral-density
- neutral density filter
- neutral-dyeing
- neutralino
- neutralise
- neutralism
- unbridle
- unbridled
- unbroken
- unbrokenly
- father confessor
- father figure
- fatherhood
- father-in-law
- fatherland