The “ant-proof cooler” was a small larderlike cupboard in the kitchen, with a circular metal shelving unit, a series of round trays which revolved like a lazy Susan.

to wet every stitch of clothes

I like caterpillar rolls, but maybe it’s not so bad that I can’t find them in a Tokyo sushiya.

1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling.