boil the kettle

North

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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prepare tea.

Quotations

1785

At seven we arrived at Pointe au Bodet, where we boiled our kettle and got some milk.

1825

The Weather cold and disagreeable and had much difficulty in collecting sufficient Withered Grass & Horse Dung to Boil our Kettle.

1956

Halfway up the lake we stopped to boil the kettle.