Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An early form of condenser for steam-engines, consisting of a small vessel attached to the end of the cylinder and containing water.
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Examples
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But an exemplary lady named Wilcocks, who had stowed away gold and silver in a pickle-pot in a clock-case, a canister-full of treasure in a hole under her stairs, and a quantity of money in an old rat-trap, revived the interest.
Our Mutual Friend 2004
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But an exemplary lady named Wilcocks, who had stowed away gold and silver in a pickle-pot in a clock-case, a canister-full of treasure in
Our Mutual Friend Charles Dickens 1841
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"Sir, one of those Greeks, methinks, thrown into the pickle-pot, would be a treasure to the housewife's young jerkins."
Citation and Examination of William Shakspeare, Euseby Treen, Joseph Carnaby, and Silas Gough, Clerk Walter Savage Landor 1819
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