percolator
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For general home use, a device that employs filter paper or filter cloth is best; for the epicure an improved porcelain French percolator (drip pot) or an improved cloth filter will yield the utmost of coffee's delights.
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- noun A coffeepot in which boiling water is forced repeatedly up through a central tube to filter back down through a basket of ground coffee beans.
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- In the cubbyhole sat a percolator, a packet of ground coffee, and several grim-looking mugs. — Mortal Causes
- The tomato and the percolator were the only characters; the play had no dialogue besides their erotic liquid huffing and puffing. — F ;SF - vol 105 issue 02 - August 2003
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Generally a percolator is available with hot coffee The Executive Officer is ex officio the president of the wardroom mess.
— The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 -
Generally a percolator is available with hot coffee.
— The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 -
For general home use, a device that employs filter paper or filter cloth is best; for the epicure an improved porcelain French percolator (drip pot) or an improved cloth filter will yield the utmost of coffee's delights.
— All About Coffee
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- = French percolateur; as percolate + -or.
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/ (pûrˈkə-lāˌtər)/
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