| 单词 | butter tongs |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbutter tongs butter tongs n. a pair of tongs used for picking up and transferring butter. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > tongs steak-tongs1845 butter tongs1866 1866 Amer. Artisan 15 Aug. 236/3 In combination with the plates or pads, D, of the butter tongs, as described, I claim the indentations or ridges, c, formed in or upon said plates, as and for the purposes set forth. 1913 Hotel Monthly Dec. 7/2 In the pantry of Greene's Hotel, Philadelphia, there is a big sign which reads: Keep fingers off butter. Use butter tongs. 2004 D. Cosper Wedding Season 15 Who cares, I argued, whether I eat my salad with the salad fork or the oyster fork or the butter tongs? < as lemmas |
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