Primus stove
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I ask two women who are 28th in the line of tents and whose Primus stove suggests rather greater readiness than the student from Colombia.
From The Guardian • Jun. 25, 2010
To cook it, one woman held a Primus stove down on the deck, a second held a pan to the flame.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the shelf itself there stood a Primus stove, a saucepan and a half-full bottle of milk.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
As Briony came up, a probationer with a Primus stove on a trolley was already preparing the fresh solution.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Crean fussed with the Primus stove as Shackleton and Worsley surveyed the terrain.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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