Primus stove
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On the shelf itself there stood a Primus stove, a saucepan and a half-full bottle of milk.
From Literature
As Briony came up, a probationer with a Primus stove on a trolley was already preparing the fresh solution.
From Literature
Two of the men began pumping up two Primus stoves, one with a black pot of corn mush upon it, and the other, with a large, black, greasy saucepan containing chunks of liver.
From Literature
We had brought up with us some Primus stoves and spirit lamps.
From Project Gutenberg
Our thirty prisoners, despite the protest of the guards, carried out their couches into the passage, and lit two Primus stoves.
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