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tongs [taŋz] (design engineering) Any of various devices for holding, handling, or lifting materials and consisting of two legs joined eccentrically by a pivot or spring. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The moment Roxy's back was turned he would toddle to the presence of the tongs and say, "Like it Every one knows what a multitude of things --beds, sauce-pans, knives and forks, shovels and tongs, napkins, nut-crackers, and what not, are indispensable to the business of housekeeping. He put the ham in the middle of the floor, and hit it with the tongs and with the shovel--bang, bang, smash, smash! |
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