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thermos

[thur-muhs] / ˈθɜr məs /
NOUN
canteen
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NOUN
thermos bottle
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“It brings back memories of hunkering down behind an old cottonwood drift log…drinking black coffee from a Stanley thermos and waiting for mallards to whistle by,” he mused on Facebook, where he does his campaigning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Add coffee, whether that’s hot in a thermos, iced in a travel mug or purchased from a nearby café on the way to the park, and you’re done.

From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026

At regular intervals, he poured himself a cup of steaming hot chai from his thermos.

From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2026

“I like to carry a small thermos with hot tea,” he said.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2024

She belched out a stainless steel canister—an old-fashioned lunch box thermos with a black plastic top.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan

Someone could usually be counted on to bring ice cream from the shop down the street, and I encouraged everyone to bring plastic tubs or thermoses for leftovers.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

They brought books, knitting, thermoses of coffee or something more muscular.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026

It was a cool fall morning and families sat on blankets or newspapers in the grass, passing around thermoses of tea.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2022

There were middle class families with thermoses of water, pensioners in undershirts and students holding yellow umbrellas symbolizing the protest movement.

From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2022

Some people on the street supported the protesters by smiling, offering words of encouragement, or bringing them thermoses filled with hot coffee.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling


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