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Colander, e.g
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drainer
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 That which drains. 2 A frame or rack for allowing washed crockery etc to dry naturally. 3 A person who explores drains, tunnels, and/or sewers.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Drainer \Drain"er\, n. One who, or that which, drains.
Usage examples of drainer.
For himself, he poured a glass of orange juice and downed a megavitamin, then rinsed the glass and left it in the drainer next to the sink.
She grabbed two puddings, and pulled a spoon out of the dish drainer beside the sink.
His ankles had fared better since the drainers hadn't troubled to pull up his jeans legs and put the silver against his bare skin.
It would be plain rude to suggest to the vampire that he ought to speak to Gran's club because I'd saved his blood from Drainers, but maybe he would offer if I gave a little hint?
They've accepted responsibility, publicly, for handing over two vampires to the Drainers, saying at least humanity can benefit from the death of a vampire in some way.
This was why vampires were preyed upon by Drainers, humans who worked in teams to capture vamps, chain them with silver, and drain their blood into vials, which sold for varying sums on the black market.
Once the saucepan was on the burner I washed my hands with a rock of carbolic soap from the sink's drainer, repeating the process when I was done, and shaking them rather than use the stiffened rag passing itself off as a kitchen towel on a hook nearby.
When the bell rings you take the chicken out and set the basket in the drainer.
Four hours later, As Andy and Charlie were sitting down to a game of five hundred rummy, the supper dishes washed and drying in the drainer, the letters were on Cap Hollister's desk.
The drainer gave me a standard form, promising me that all I said would be held in strictest confidence, the drainer merely acting as intermediary between me and the god of my choice, and I for my part pledging that I would hold the drainer to no liability for the knowledge he would have of me, that I would not call him as witness in a lawsuit or make him my alibi in some prosecution, et cetera, et cetera.