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kelvinator


any home-used refrigerator: The milk should go into the kelvinator.
Contributor's comments: A term used in the Wallaroo area, Yorke Peninsula, when I was young (40 years ago) + it may still be in use.

Contributor's comments: That reminds me of a bad joke, which probably only works in NSW. How did Joyce Mayne die? Kelvinator.

Contributor's comments: I went to teach in Broken Hill in 1954 and all the locals refered to their refrigerator as a Kelvinator, regardless of the make.