fireless cooker
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of fireless cooker
An Americanism dating back to 1905–10
Example Sentences
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How to make a fireless cooker, small refrigerator and window box for winter use.
From How Girls Can Help Their Country by Juliette Gordon Low
A Girl Scout may buy a fireless cooker, paying from $5 to $25 for it, or she may make one, which will cost less than one dollar.
From Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts by Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon
In a way," he said thoughtfully, "I hate to see that kid end up in the fireless cooker.
From Twelve Times Zero by Howard Browne
Among the adaptations of the old ideas with new and modern improvements is the fireless cooker.
From The Kitchen Encyclopedia Twelfth Edition (Swift & Company) by Anonymous
The girls had also built a fireless cooker in the ground just beside their stove, where fish, or any article needing steady heat, could be placed.
From Girl Scouts in the Adirondacks by Lillian Elizabeth Roy
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