See Schmelztopf in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1927, Adolf Halfeld, Amerika und der Amerikanismus. Kritische Betrachtungen eines Deutschen und Europäers, Jena: Eugen Diederichs, pages 206–207:",
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