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the unsung blade that strips a vegetable's armor without spilling its blood.
means A handheld kitchen tool with a blade designed to shave thin strips of skin off fruits and vegetables — or, in old British slang, a police officer.
from From 'peel,' meaning to strip away the outer layer, which traces back through Old French 'peler' to Latin 'pilare,' to strip of hair (related to 'pilus,' a hair) — tangled along the way with 'pellis,' skin. The kitchen tool simply names what it does. The British 'peeler' for a policeman is a separate branch: it honors Sir Robert Peel, who founded London's Metropolitan Police, and gave us 'bobbies' too.
- name origin
- British cops were called peelers after founder Robert Peel
- swivel patent
- the modern swivel peeler dates to 1947 Switzerland
- thumb risk
- sends thousands to ER yearly via slipped knuckles
- design icon
- the Y-peeler hangs in New York's MoMA
- speed feat
- competitive peelers strip potatoes in under three seconds
vegetable peeler — kitchen utensil with sharp blade, patented by alfred eppinger in 1896
emma peel — character in the avengers tv series, played by diana rigg from 1965-1968
john peeler — english cricketer who played 13 tests for england in the 1950s