According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
STOKER
stoker
(noun) a mechanical device for stoking a furnace
stoker, fireman
(noun) a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship)
Stoker, Bram Stoker, Abraham Stoker
(noun) Irish writer of the horror novel about Dracula (1847-1912)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Stoker (plural Stokers)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Stoker is the 5082nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6888 individuals. Stoker is most common among White (86.95%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Kortes, Koster, stroke, tokers, trokes
Etymology
Noun
stoker (plural stokers)
A person who stokes, especially one on a steamship who stokes coal in the boilers.
A device for stoking a fire; a poker.
A device that feeds coal into a furnace etc automatically.
A person who pedals on the back of a tandem bicycle.
Synonyms
• (fireplace utensil): firestick, poker
Anagrams
• Kortes, Koster, stroke, tokers, trokes
Source: Wiktionary
Stok"er, n. Etym: [D. See Stoke, v. t.]
1. One who is employed to tend a furnace and supply it with fuel, especially the furnace of a locomotive or of a marine steam boiler; also, a machine for feeding fuel to a fire.
2. A fire poker. [R.] C. Richardson (Dict.).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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