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lemon squeezer

British  

noun

  1. any of various devices for extracting the juice from citrus fruit

  2. informal a peaked hat with four indentations worn by the army on ceremonial occasions

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Lemon Squeezer for Making Beef Juice—When one has to make beef juice in small quantities which does not warrant buying an expensive meat-press, use instead a ten-cent lemon squeezer.

From Fowler's Household Helps Over 300 Useful and Valuable Helps About the Home, Carefully Compiled and Arranged in Convenient Form for Frequent Use by Fowler, Arthur L.

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