steamer
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With little formal education, Mulholland had left his native Ireland in his teens, worked steamer ships on the Great Lakes, labored in lumber camps and prospected for gold.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
These are foam or gel-filled toys of various brands shaped like bao buns, and sometimes sold in plastic replicas of bamboo steamer baskets.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
Jim, young and idealistic, is chief mate on a steamer carrying 800 pilgrims from Singapore to Mecca.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
Chi Vibes compact steamer – The Chi Vibes compact steamer is a handy travel gadget that proves really useful when needed.
From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2025
“I’m going round the world on a tramp steamer, like the fellow who wrote this book.”
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
Portable steamers are cheap and easy to use.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
Pamper them with 100% natural aromatherapy shower steamers from Wenatchee that slowly fizz and release essential oils to relax and rejuvenate.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2023
For the past 20 years she has instead worked maintaining electrical items, such as water purifiers and clothes steamers, in people's homes.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2022
Maybe she skimped on verbal and physical affection, favoring a love language that expressed itself in steamers full of dumplings or plates of sliced fruit.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2022
There were but few lights in sight at sea, for even the coasting steamers, which usually “hug” the shore so closely, kept well to seaward, and but few fishing-boats were in sight.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
