Silex
See also: silex
English
Etymology
Brand name.
Noun
Silex (plural Silexes)
- (dated) A vacuum coffee maker.
- 1965, United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel, Stewardsman (page 31)
- The Navy uses several types of coffee makers – urns, silexes, and percolators. Each type requires special care in making good coffee.
- 1968, United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel, The History of the Chaplain Corps, United States Navy (page 143)
- Remembering my daily habits, Papa-san brewed the coffee and before I had completed a local phone call, he was serving it piping hot from the Silex, still grinning as he thought of other days of coffee-making.
- 1965, United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel, Stewardsman (page 31)
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