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teakettle

[tee-ket-l] / ˈtiˌkɛt l /
NOUN
kettle
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I went ass over teakettle, tumbling and flipping and flopping down the hill, just a ball of dust.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 1, 2026

Dougherty’s mother has a copper teakettle that crossed the Atlantic with Finnish ancestors, and Dougherty’s son has already called dibs on the piece.

From Seattle Times Apr. 21, 2023

Every four years, when the Winter Olympics come around, TV viewers stop and notice men and women in funny looking pants furiously sweeping in front of what looks like a giant teakettle sliding on ice.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 9, 2022

A long silence made me aware of the water boiling in my teakettle.

From New York Times Nov. 5, 2021

Styx had a teakettle expression on his face, like steam was filling up his head.

From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon

Andersen goes on, rather self-indulgently, to name-check every cultural totem from Aeron chairs and Alessi teakettles to “Mad Men,” and somewhat underplays the political significance of his own findings.

From Salon Aug. 9, 2025

Pieces turn up in her paintings that are immediately recognizable to fellow Nigerians: a “Senator suit,” cabin biscuits, jerrycans, painted teakettles, braided hairstyles, clonette dolls.

From New York Times May 21, 2023

But this coating is not appropriate for teakettles or pots that are used for cooking, because the lacquer does not stand up to hot water.

From Washington Post Jan. 9, 2022

Celebrated architect who created whimsical postmodern structures and later designed products for people with disabilities and household goods such as whistling Alessi teakettles and stainless steel colanders.

From Washington Times Dec. 15, 2015

The room felt like a museum of random ordinary objects; the walls held glass cases boasting keys, pendulums, coins, oven mitts, ropes, even teakettles, and more.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton




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