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steamer

[stee-mer] / ˈsti mər /
NOUN
kettle
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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

Synear Foods’ pork-and-mushroom shumai, sold at Costco and H Mart, can go straight from the freezer to the steamer and be served right in the basket.

From Salon Jul. 12, 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

The Dream Midtown went so far as to wheel an industrial size steamer into my room when a portable one wasn’t immediately available.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 15, 2026

We pictured that: the steamer trunks being bumped down the stairs from the batty attic.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck

Portable steamers are cheap and easy to use.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 15, 2026

The market also offers workshops to make shower steamers and toilet cleaning tabs in partnership with Seattle Zero Waste.

From Seattle Times Feb. 17, 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 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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