steamer
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Nothing seemed to fit properly in the steamer.
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
"William was on the sprouts, getting his sprouts ready so they could go into the steamer, and Prince George was helping with the Yorkshire puddings," said Mr Clarke.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025
I have a legal paper in the shoebox under my bed that says I arrived here on August 23, 1923, on a steamer called the Austergeist.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
Portable steamers are cheap and easy to use.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
Thousands of schooners, or sailing ships, and hundreds of steamers hauled cargo and passengers between bustling port cities such as Chicago, Detroit and Cleveland.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 1, 2023
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
Maybe she skimped on verbal and physical affection, favoring a love language that expressed itself in steamers full of dumplings or plates of sliced fruit.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2022
But we noted down what other foreign steamers would leave London with the same tide, and we satisfied ourselves that we knew the build and colour of each.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
