drinking-straw
noun1
Dated Dated form of drinking straw.
- Apples, liquid, fresh and sweet, were present too, and their little brown jug with its drinking-straws was pleasantly patronized in its quaintly retired corner.1894 November 5, “Hallowe’en Party”, in College Life, volume VII, number 7, Emporia, Kan.: College of Emporia, page 53, column 2:
- The bureau of manufactures, department of commerce and labor, has a communication from an American business house which states it has been purchasing drinking-straws abroad, but would like to make purchases in the home market.1911 January 9, The Muscatine Journal, number 7, Muscatine, Ia., page 3, column 5:
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- Drinking-straws, Receptacle for dispensing.1911 October, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, volume CLXXI, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, page xxi, column 2:
- The above-described mechanism may be employed only for making bags; preferably, however, this mechanism is associated with the mechanism, comprising a drum 69, for charging each bag with cigarettes, matches, drinking-straws, or the like, and for closing the mouth of the bag.1923, Patents for Inventions. Abridgments of Specifications, volume 5, page 138:
- drinking-straw 423 […] 7 the beaker with the drinking-straws1937, The English Duden: Picture Vocabularies in English with English and German Indices, pages 46 and 454:
- Problems investigated for manufacturing industries included, among many others, the deterioration of wax used for the impregnation of drinking-straws, the identification of a special lubricant for a crankshaft-grinding machine, comparison of dry-cleaning solvents, an explosion in a degreasing plant, an explosion in a railway signal lamp, fire hazard in disinfection of aircraft cabins, and deterioration of hydraulic hoses in aircraft.1947, Annual Report of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, page 24: