water-cooler

plural water-coolers

1. alternativeAlternative form of water cooler.

   Manufacturers of Fire and Thief Proof Chests, Refrigerators, Water-coolers, Filters, &c. Evans & Watson, […]

   1845 July 11, The Daily Union, volume I, number 60, Washington City, page 238, column 6

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   He has also in store Cortlan & Sons’ Improved Water-cooler, or Non-conductor of Heat. This is altogether the most convenient and economical water jar in use, and ought to be found in every counting-house and private family in the city.

   1846 July 16, Fitzhugh Coyle, “Scott’s Patent Refrigerator”, in Alexandria Gazette, volume XLVII, number 168, Alexandria, Va., page [3], column 3

   Drinking vessels will not be used in taking medicine; nor will the taking of medicine at water-coolers be permitted.

   1883, Signal Service regulations; quoted in Gary K. Grice, editor, The Beginning of the National Weather Service: The Signal Service Years (1870 - 1891) as Viewed by Early Weather Pioneers, National Weather Service, 1991, page 5, column 1

   You may say: how can we resist an enemy whose weapon is the very faucet at the sink, the very water-cooler we go to for relief in the factory or the office?

   1972, John Brunner, The Sheep Look Up, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Row, page 382

   Doc - a 45 year old with a weight problem, a nicotine addiction, and a cynical attitude - lowers a shoulder-mounted Video camera and watches Joey walk to a water-cooler against a wall.

   1991, Peter Atkins, Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (screenplay), via the Internet Movie Script Database, archived from the original on 11 Oct 2007, page 5

   Perhaps you have not noticed it, but there is a secret and growing brotherhood in our very midst. You might have overhead a group of its members at an amateur astronomy meeting somewhere, or perhaps just an innocent conversation over the water-cooler.

   2006 May 23, Michelle Thaller, “The great eclipse of 2006”, in The Christian Science Monitor, archived from the original on 26 May 2006

1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of water cooler.

   Discussion of a new bridge has been a staple of water-cooler gossip for decades.

   2022 March 27, Cory McCoy, “Richland looks at fixing traffic congestion without new bridge”, in Tri-City Herald, volume 120, number 86, page 8A, column 2

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   2008 September 3, Sarah Lai Stirland, “Sarah Palin’s Campaign Debut Electrifies the GOP, Galvanizes The Twitterati”, in Wired, San Francisco, Calif.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Dec 2016

   She’s becoming a one-name water-cooler topic — Did you watch Caitlin last night?

   2023 March 31, Rick Reilly, “Meet the Queen Kong of Hoops, Iowa’s Caitlin Clark”, in Lexington Herald-Leader, volume 41, number 88, page 4B, column 1