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Gasogene Case Word Spoken Kindly Eye Waved Armchair

word gasogene
sentence With hardly a word spoken, but with a kindly eye, he waved me to an armchair, threw across his case of cigars, and indicated a spirit case and a gasogene in the corner.
definition [noun]
(historical) A type of Victorian seltzer bottle, consisting of two mesh-encased glass globes arranged so that a reaction between tartaric acid and sodium bicarbonate produced carbon dioxide gas which carbonated the enclosed beverage and expelled it through a siphon valve.

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