utensil
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Invented by a Briton named Major A. R. Bannister, it arrived in the U. S. by way of Canada where it was snapped up by small energetic Club Aluminum Utensil Co. of Chicago.
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We could not discover that they had any Head or Chief or Form of Government, neither have they any useful or necessary Utensil except it be a Bag or Basket to gather their Muscels into.
From Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World by Cook, James
Utensil, ū-ten′sil, n. an instrument or vessel used in common life.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Nay, we'll do things decently, d'ye see— Therefore, thou sometimes necessary Utensil, withdraw.
From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II by Summers, Montague
Him I pronounce a Paltroon, and an ignominious Utensil, that dare lay claim to the renowned Lady of my Primum Mobile; that is, my best Affections.
From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III by Summers, Montague
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