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percolator

pur kuh lay ter

  • n  a coffeepot in which boiling water ascends through a central tube and filters back down through a basket of ground coffee beans

  • Ana, trying to calm her father, led him to the kitchen and showed him the electric percolator.
  • When the Turks raised the siege of Vienna, they left sacks of coffee behind, and an enterprising Polish defender of Christendom hastened to beat his sword into a percolator by .
  • A percolator and an electric corn popper hooked up to a clock radio allow him to wake up to brewed coffee and popped corn.
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  • Charles Nqakula in AllAfrica.com
    The informal settlements are becoming a percolator for crime because of the high levels of unemployment and illiteracy. Given their nature, they have become havens for outlaws who are fleeing from law enforcement agencies,said Nqakula.

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