Any of various devices for taking hold of objects; usually have two hinged legs with handles above and pointed hooks below.
1 I never saw such a pair of tongs as you carry about!
2 In your place, I wouldn't touch him with a pair of tongs !
3 Remove the ham hocks to a large bowl using a pair of tongs .
4 With a long pair of tongs he seized the bomb firmly.
5 I wouldn't touch it with a pair of tongs : I'd run from it.
6 I wouldn't pick her out of a gutter with a pair of tongs .
7 Mrs. Peterkin, even, had come with a pair of tongs in her hand.
8 In half a minute I was as naked as a pair of tongs !
9 After all, why should he care for a pair of tongs ?
10 Taking a pair of tongs from the grate he nipped the creature between them.
11 But Brent used a rather more practical pair of tongs in a businesslike manner.
12 She had a pair of tongs in her left hand.
13 Using a pair of tongs , place the scallops, flat side down, into the butter.
14 I would not touch him with a pair of tongs .
15 They require two months to manufacture a pair of tongs .
16 I passed a bread basket that was empty save for a pair of tongs .
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