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Silex
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silex
English
Etymology
Brand name.
Noun
en dated A vacuum coffee maker.
en 1965 United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel Stewardsman 31 The Navy uses several types of coffee makers – urns, silexes, and percolators. Each type requires special care in making good coffee.
en 1968 United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel The History of the Chaplain Corps, United States Navy 143 Remembering my daily habits, Papa-san brewed the coffee and before I had completed a local phone call, he was serving it piping hot from the Silex, still grinning as he thought of other days of coffee-making.
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