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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  1. 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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  • 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
  • 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
  • Our strength, though, is the people. —  Conan the Defender
 

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  1. = French percolateur; as percolate + -or.
 

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/ˈpərkəleɪtər/
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