Tong

Examples

• It is the right-hand parlour, into which an aspiring kitchen fireplace appears to have walked, accompanied by a rebellious poker, tongs, and shovel. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• When the process is stopped and the temporary wall in front broken down the bloom is removed with a pair of tongs from the bottom of the furnace. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The tongs made a pleasant clicking sound and I could see Catherine in three mirrors and it was pleasant and warm in the booth. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Their most trivial action may mean volumes, or their most extraordinary conduct may depend upon a hairpin or a curling tongs. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• You're hammer and tongs, already, you two? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I was so ragged and dirty, that you wouldn't have touched me with a pair of tongs. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Mrs. Gradgrind faintly looked at the tongs, as the most appropriate thing her imbecility could think of doing. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• There, now I'll take off the papers and you'll see a cloud of little ringlets, said Jo, putting down the tongs. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• A sort of squeezing apparatus, or tongs, called the alligator, had been employed. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• I'm so sorry, but the tongs were too hot, and so I've made a mess, groaned poor Jo, regarding the little black pancakes with tears of regret. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.

Editor: Tamara