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Meanings of stove poker in English

Catalan
salamandra

Fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire.

        salamandra
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        Examples for "poker"
        Examples for "poker"
        1
        Good cops are like good poker players-theyare good at reading people.
        Assholes finish first
        2
        She played a lot of poker and gave money to good causes.
        The Guardian
        3
        Ten minutes later, Dad gas using Kerry to pay a poker debt.
        The Irish Times
        4
        Who would make a good poker player but doesn't know it yet?
        The Guardian
        5
        He put the poker in the fire, and heated it red hot.
        A Simpleton
        1
        Across his figure passes the salamander, the fabled reptile of the fire.
        Palaces and Courts of the Exposition / A Handbook of the Archite...
        2
        Like a little salamander, he dances day and night in the flames.
        Jean-Christophe, Volume I
        3
        Pass a heated salamander or coal-shovel over the top of the omelet.
        Dr. Allinson's cookery book / Comprising many valuable vegetaria...
        4
        The patch-nosed salamander is only known to science because of a mix-up.
        BBC
        5
        I cook the salamander using a lighter I found in the Cornucrapia.
        The Hunger Pains
        1
        Before this the department had consisted of a few leather buckets and a few fire-hooks.
        The Story of Manhattan
        Translations for stove poker
        Catalan
        salamandra