egg-boiler

“You were only trying to find out something that might help us,” I said, unwrapping an egg-boiler.

To Say Nothing of the Dog Willis, Connie 1997

They have been known to stay a month on the strength of an egg-boiler.

Prose Fancies Richard Le Gallienne 1906

French coffee, Mrs. Dennant, who had placed four eggs in a German egg-boiler, said "Good-morning," with a kindly smile.

Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900

Then she inverted the little glass egg-boiler and stood ready to bring the infusing tea into his sitting-room as soon as the upper half of it was nearly empty of sand.

Happy Pollyooly The Rich Little Poor Girl Edgar Jepson 1900

German egg-boiler, said "Good-morning," with a kindly smile.

The Island Pharisees John Galsworthy 1900

"The blighted egg-boiler has steam up," said Mr. Hinchcliffe, pausing to gather a large stone.

Traffics and Discoveries Rudyard Kipling 1900

It's very slow and impressive, and a native weapon, like a big egg-boiler with a long handle, is carried.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 4, 1914 Various 1898

Bels, -- How kind of you to send me such a sweet little egg-boiler!

A Houseful of Girls George de Horne Vaizey 1887

Letitia bought a little egg-boiler for her -- one of those antique arrangements in which the sands of time play to the soft-boiled egg.

The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.) Various 1887

It had regularly flowed in like water, and as we held the candle down there was one place where it trickled down a slope, just as you see it in an egg-boiler or an old-fashioned hour-glass.

Brownsmith's Boy A Romance in a Garden George Manville Fenn 1870