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Significados de tongs en inglés

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Any of various devices for taking hold of objects; usually have two hinged legs with handles above and pointed hooks below.

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        Examples for "pair of tongs"
        Examples for "pair of tongs"
        1
        I never saw such a pair of tongs as you carry about!
        The Saga of Grettir the Strong: Grettir's Saga
        2
        In your place, I wouldn't touch him with a pair of tongs!
        The Two Destinies
        3
        Remove the ham hocks to a large bowl using a pair of tongs.
        Cooking for friends
        4
        With a long pair of tongs he seized the bomb firmly.
        The Poisoned Pen
        5
        I wouldn't touch it with a pair of tongs: I'd run from it.
        Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
        Uso de tongs en inglés
        1
        After two minutes, remove from the oil using tongs and set aside.
        The Irish Times
        2
        And of all this were the tongs in the temple a type.
        Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03
        3
        Who knows, you might end up ditching the curling tongs for good.
        The South African
        4
        She put in the lumps of sugar daintily with the silver tongs.
        The Debtor: A Novel
        5
        Use tongs to turn the meat and remove it from the pan.
        The cook's illustrated how-to-cook library
        6
        Hold the hoofs in the tongs, and cast them with fish glue.
        The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Volume 2
        7
        And this was done in a couple of strokes with the curling-tongs.
        Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon
        8
        I knew quite well that I had the fire-tongs in my hand.
        Sight Unseen
        9
        They are stripped to the waist and at it hammer and tongs.
        If I Were King
        10
        The stamp can be firmly held along either scale by the tongs.
        Stamp Collecting as a Pastime
        11
        He took up the tongs, and began absently to rebuild the fire.
        The Mating of Lydia
        12
        The wall of bricks was four deep, yet the tongs went through.
        A Splendid Hazard
        13
        Using tongs, carefully and slowly place the chicken in the hot oil.
        The South African
        14
        These tongs were used about the altar, to order the fire there.
        Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03
        15
        At the right moment we shall land on him hammer and tongs.
        Guns of the Gods: A Story of Yasmini's Youth
        16
        Three silver spoons and silver sugar-tongs had been put on the table.
        The Revolution in Tanner's Lane
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