Dutch oven

Definitions

1. A large cooking pot with a tight-fitting lid, especially one made of metal.
   US
2. A portable oven consisting of a metal box, with shelves, placed before an open fire.
3. A protective cover for electrical contacts on a railway coupler, particularly but not exclusively used on the London Underground.
4. The situation where a person breaks wind under the bedcovers, sometimes pulling them over a bedmate's head as a prank.
   slang
5. A room or vehicle full of marijuana smoke.
6. The very end of a Dutch Masters cigar that has been rerolled with marijuana.
   slang
7. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Dutch, oven.

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Examples

“I heard the most uncommon and unaccountable noise that can be imagined. It was, in fact, occasioned by the clattering of tin pattypans and a Dutch oven against the sides of the panniers.”

“Cast-iron cookware is in the spotlight. Having started with skillets, producers are now introducing Dutch ovens. Despite already owning pots from Staub and Le Creuset, I could not resist⟳ the new Dutch oven by Finex Cast⟳ Iron⟳ Cookware, an American company that makes distinctive octagonal pieces with a dark bronze finish⟳.”

“Dutch Oven = Farting in bed & then lifting the blankets.”

“a Dutch oven, most commonly a large pot heated by surrounding it with fuel, and placing hot coals on the lid, can also be a mouth. Not only that - it can also be the smell⟳ of a bed in which someone has just farted.”

“Oh, man! Dutch oven! Not the Dutch oven! Anything but the Dutch oven! Must find⟳ fresh air before it's too late! It's too late! It burns. Mama, it burns!”

“Hey Lincoln, what's more fun than a Canadian microwave? A Dutch oven!”

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