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steamer

[stee-mer] / ˈsti mər /
NOUN
kettle
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At one point, I realized I had forgotten to put water in said steamer — which is, you know, a steamer’s whole deal.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

With little formal education, Mulholland had left his native Ireland in his teens, worked steamer ships on the Great Lakes, labored in lumber camps and prospected for gold.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

These are foam or gel-filled toys of various brands shaped like bao buns, and sometimes sold in plastic replicas of bamboo steamer baskets.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

Sporting what they regard as a face “the color of boiled turnips,” he is first discovered sitting on a steamer trunk in the hall, ripe to be menaced by the family’s dogs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

At the same moment that Anderson’s hose stopped, another steamer malfunctioned and its water also gave out.

From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy

Portable steamers are cheap and easy to use.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026

For the past 20 years she has instead worked maintaining electrical items, such as water purifiers and clothes steamers, in people's homes.

From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2022

Posters advertising the sales showed steamers merrily plying the imagined waters of the river.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2022

Fire Marshal Williams has just telegraphed to Milwaukee for all the steamers they can spare.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 7, 2021

But then, one day, as I came up to the cottage with a pail full of steamers, I overheard him arguing with Miss Maggie and knew it had something to do with me.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk


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