lemon squeezer en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
- A device used to extract juice from lemons by crushing the lemon using the sharp middle part.
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(Cockney, slang) A geezer; a man.
Oh well, your loss big feller. Just lead the way my old lemon squeezer, there's a good man.
2020, S. C. Hamill, Brick Lane. East-End Pub-Share, page 107:
- (slang) A kind of broad-brimmed hat with a symmetrically pinched crown resembling the top of a lemon squeezer (juicing device).
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lemon-squeezer | alternative | lexicographic | |
| lemon squeezers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (22)
pl wyciskarka do cytryn (device used to extract juice from lemons) · gl espremedor (device used to extract juice from lemons) · de Zitronenpresse (device used to extract juice from lemons) · no sitruspresse (device used to extract juice from lemons) · fr presse-citron (device used to extract juice from lemons) · hu citromcsavaró (device used to extract juice from lemons) · lb Zitrounepress (device used to extract juice from lemons) · nl citruspers (device used to extract juice from lemons) · es exprimidor (device used to extract juice from lemons) · nl citroenpers (device used to extract juice from lemons) · eu zukugailu (device used to extract juice from lemons) · tr limonluk (device used to extract juice from lemons) · pt espremedor (device used to extract juice from lemons) · hu citromprés (device used to extract juice from lemons) · hu citromfacsaró (device used to extract juice from lemons) · fi sitruspuristin (device used to extract juice from lemons) · it spremiagrumi (device used to extract juice from lemons) · kn ನಿಂಬೆ ಹಿಂಡುಗ (device used to extract juice from lemons) · ja 絞り器 (device used to extract juice from lemons) · ja スクイーザー (device used to extract juice from lemons) · ko 레몬 즙 짜개 (device used to extract juice from lemons) · sv citruspress (device used to extract juice from lemons)