lemon squeezer
Britishnoun
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any of various devices for extracting the juice from citrus fruit
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informal a peaked hat with four indentations worn by the army on ceremonial occasions
Example Sentences
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She used her winnings to outfit her kitchen with products from Flip — plates, cups, silverware, a lemon squeezer and Tupperware.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2023
She adds that her Bellemain lemon squeezer "changed my life."
From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2022
The rounds of bread look like edible Frisbees, the machine a bit like a giant lemon squeezer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2017
Think of all of the New Romantic bands flouncing around in early MTV promos, the Gulf hotels that still resemble cheap neo-classical temples and that pesky lemon squeezer.
From New York Times ● Sep. 11, 2011
Here I'd been playin' myself for Mr. Foxy Cute, and had let an old lemon squeezer like Aunt Laura wring me dry!
From Torchy by George Brehm
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