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Word entry · 4 letters

esky

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"Australian cooler"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ˈɛs.kiː/Sorted eksyStarts with EEnds with Y1 clues
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Definitions

  1. An insulated picnic cooler, using ice or refrigerated blocks to keep food and drinks cool.

Word origin

From Esky (“brand name”), a brand name originally owned by Malley's Ltd, of Sydney, Australia, from 1952; since genericised. From Esk(imo) + -ie.

Used in a sentence

  • The rear of the cab was stacked with boxes of soft drinks and ‘Eskis’.
  • Instructions followed for the package to be covered with clean ice in a six-pack esky (which should be big enough), and stored in a cool room at the hotel or the butcher shop, until the arrival of the mail plane.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

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