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cullender

British  
/ ˈkʌlɪndə /

noun

  1. a variant of colander

"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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It will be still nicer, if you use the pulp only of the gooseberries, pressed through a sieve or cullender.

From Domestic French Cookery, 4th ed. by Sulpice Baru?

Strain them through a cullender, put a piece of butter in the dish, and stir them till it is melted.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Mary Eaton

When the peas are done enough, pulp them through a cullender or sieve, and serve them over the bacon.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Mary Eaton

It wore an immense hat, of the shape of a cullender, and with almost as many holes, through which protruded little wisps of straw instead of feathers.

From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 by Robert Taylor Conrad

Cut some ripe plums to pieces, put them into a preserving pan, bruise them with a spoon, warm them over the fire till they are soft, and press them through a cullender.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Mary Eaton

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