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pressure cooker

 noun
     
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pressure cooker [countable]
1DFU a tightly-covered cooking pot in which food is cooked very quickly by the pressure of hot steam
2 a situation or place that causes anxiety or difficulties:
the pressure cooker of soccer management
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