percolator

• Detective Sergeant Cyrus Auburn yawned over the headlines in the morning paper while half-listening to the chugging and burbling of the electric percolator, the clicking and clatter made by birds rummaging in the roof gutters for food and nest-building materials, and the creaking of the east side of the house warming up. —  AHMM,Jan-Feb2006
• In her cabin, she powered up her percolator, her one indulgence from her Iowa home. —  Dozois, Gardner ; Strahan, Jonathan - SSC - The New Space Opera (v1.0)
• 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
• The first thing Maigret had noticed on coming in was the table in the center of the room, on which stood an electric percolator, a cup with a little coffee left in it, a sugar bowl, and a bottle of brandy. —  Maigret and the Apparition - Episode 90 - Georges Simenon
• He lights the gas under the percolator, which he then polishes till it gleams like a mirror. —  The Most Obstinate Customer In The World-A Short Story by Georges Simenon - 53

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