11 July 1845, Manufacturers of Fire and Thief Proof Chests, Refrigerators, Water-coolers, Filters, &c. Evans & Watson, ...
16 July 1846, Fitzhugh Coyle, Scott’s Patent Refrigerator, He has also in store Cortlan & Sons’ Improved Water-cooler, or Non-conductor of Heat. This is altogether the most convenient and economical water jar in use, and ought to be found in every counting-house and private family in the city.
1883, , Drinking vessels will not be used in taking medicine; nor will the taking of medicine at water-coolers be permitted.
1972, w:John Brunner (author), w:The Sheep Look Up, You may say: how can we resist an enemy whose weapon is the very faucet at the sink, the very water-cooler we go to for relief in the factory or the office?
1991, Peter Atkins, w:Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth, Doc - a 45 year old with a weight problem, a nicotine addiction, and a cynical attitude - lowers a shoulder-mounted Video camera and watches Joey walk to a water-cooler against a wall.
23 May 2006, w:Michelle Thaller, The great eclipse of 2006, Perhaps you have not noticed it, but there is a secret and growing brotherhood in our very midst. You might have overhead a group of its members at an amateur astronomy meeting somewhere, or perhaps just an innocent conversation over the water-cooler.
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27 March 2022, Cory McCoy, Richland looks at fixing traffic congestion without new bridge, Discussion of a new bridge has been a staple of water-cooler gossip for decades.
31 March 2023, w:Rick Reilly, Meet the Queen Kong of Hoops, Iowa’s Caitlin Clark, She’s becoming a one-name water-cooler topic — Did you watch Caitlin last night?
