Zambonin.
/zamˈbəʊni/ Chiefly North American.
A proprietary name for a machine used to resurface ice rinks.
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1965 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 16 Feb. tm93 Frank J. Zamboni & Co., Paramount, Calif... Zamboni for ice resurfacing machines and dump attachments therefor. First use July 1962.
1968 Trade Marks Jrnl. 3 Apr. 517/2 Zamboni... Machines for resurfacing ice rinks and parts and fittings therefor.
1974 Whig-Standard (Kingston, Ont.) 11 July 14/2 With 12 scrapers, I could do that ice in nine minutes. With the Zamboni, it took a little longer..but I will have to admit it does do a better job.
1978 Winnipeg Free Press 25 Sept. 53/4 A crack in the boards near the door used by the zamboni helped Guindon open the scoring.
1984 N.Y. Times 11 Feb. i. 22/6 Then the ice was glazed by a smooth-nosed French cousin of the Zamboni before another Soviet skater..glided to gold medals.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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