Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small hand-press, usually of the lever type, for expressing the juice from a lemon. It is made in a great variety of forms, and is fitted with a strainer to retain the seeds.
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Examples
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Eventually, the metal pin that holds the lemon-squeezer together will gasp, shudder and die.
Things you will discover on the lemon cleanse. « A Bird’s Nest 2007
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Eventually, the metal pin that holds the lemon-squeezer together will gasp, shudder and die.
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_ -- One pound of rare round steak, cut thick, slightly broiled, and the juice pressed out by a lemon-squeezer, or, better, a meat-press.
The Care and Feeding of Children A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Children's Nurses L. Emmett Holt
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When the bits of meat are heated throughout, squeeze them, one by one, with the lemon-squeezer, into a _hot_ bowl.
Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties With Fifty Illustrations of Original Dishes Janet McKenzie Hill 1892
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After a slice of onion has been removed, the cut surface of the onion may be pressed with a rotary motion against a grater and the juice extracted; or a lemon-squeezer kept for this special purpose may be used.
Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties With Fifty Illustrations of Original Dishes Janet McKenzie Hill 1892
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Heat the blazer very hot; heat also a wooden lemon-squeezer in hot water or in any way that is most convenient.
Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties With Fifty Illustrations of Original Dishes Janet McKenzie Hill 1892
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"Well," shrugged the noncommittal McPherson, "if I had, it would at least be more in keeping with what Sir Walter intended than your straining an immortal poem through a lemon-squeezer."
The Return of Peter Grimm Novelised From the Play David Belasco 1892
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In a moment Lyon had his glimmering taper in hand, and as he was leaving the room (he did not disturb the others with a good-night; they were absorbed in the lemon-squeezer and the soda-water cork) he remembered other occasions on which he had made his way to bed alone through a darkened country-house; such occasions had not been rare, for he was almost always the first to leave the smoking-room.
A London Life and Other Tales Henry James 1879
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At least we can turn from this chilly, chilling piece of programming to the roaring, welcoming fire that is designer Philippe Starck - yes, he of overpriced lemon-squeezer fame.
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As this mixture must not go into the ordinary metallic tincture press, for the obvious reason of the chemical action that would ensue, it is best to drain as much of the liquor away as we can, by means of a common funnel, and then to save the residue from the interstices of the herbs, by tying them up in a linen cloth, and subjecting them to pressure by means of an ordinary lemon-squeezer, or similar device.
The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants George William Septimus Piesse 1851
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