Definition of "frigidaire"

He [...] had everything necessary to the Modern Man, / A phonograph, a radio, a car and a frigidaire.

1939, W. H. Auden, The Unknown Citizen

“Have you seen Kipper?” I wouldn't say she snorted, but she certainly sniffed. “Bertie,” she said in a voice straight from the frigidaire, “will you do me a favour?” “Of course. What?” “Don't mention that rat's name in my presence,” she said, and pushed off, the eyelids still weary.

1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins

Carpets were spread, divans appeared, as also the latest creation from Italy, a portable frigidaire which held countless bowls of sorbet and iced lemon tea.

1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Penguin, published 2004, page 659