If you were in the water, a cork jacket would be of no more use to you than a pair of curling tongs to Cuffy, the black cook.
A formation which permits of the tongs being engaged with the shovel after the manner shown is an important factor.
The extremity of one arm of the tongs is rested against the inside of the shovel, and the other extremity is placed in the angle formed by the junction of the shovel with the handle.
The implied information that we were spied upon by sentinels of the tongs startled me for a moment, though I might have known that they would not neglect so obvious a precaution.
A war among the tongs would be fatal to the interests of the Chinese.
In the code of the tongs blood or blood-money must pay for this.
The watchers of the two tongs will each believe that the other has made an attack.
I suppose I do not need to tell you that the leaders of the two tongs have no such destiny in view for her.
Then entered two men of stern aspect, who walked with an air of command, and after greeting Big Sam they were introduced to me as the presidents of the Sare Bo and the See Yung tongs and were given seats beside us.
I have no doubt that an attack by the tongs on Mr. Kendrick's house would bring a terrible reprisal.
At all events the tongs have not ceased to plan to recover her, and I have information that the Hop Sing Tong has devised a plan to seize her by force.
Then with ceremonious bows, the stern-faced presidents of the tongs took their leave, and lastly Big Sam's retainers filed out.
I can hardly imagine the tongs hiring a gang of burglars to steal the girl.
But if you think it will put the tongs in better humor to have the girl in our custody, we are at your service.
I do not believe there is courage enough in all the tongs in Chinatown to attack this house.
I fear I could not explain to you the attitude and customs of the tongs in this matter," said Big Sam with a smile.
So saying, Agricola put into the heated stove the tongs that were intended to form the hook.
Approaching the cheerless hearth, she perceived with surprise that an iron grating completely enclosed the opening of the chimney, and that the tongs and shovel were fastened with iron chains.
The sempstress, drying her tears, did as desired, while Agricola, by the help of bellows, revived the fire in which the tongs were heating.
It took two months to have a pair of tongs made, and it cost twenty-eight pounds at the customs for a piano to enter the country.
And thou shalt make for the uses thereof pans to receive the ashes, and tongs and fleshhooks, and firepans: all its vessels thou shalt make of brass.
They shall take also a cloth of violet wherewith they shall cover the candlestick with the lamps and tongs thereof and the snuffers and all the oil vessels, which are necessary for the dressing of the lamps: 4:10.
As I watched him absently knocking the charred logs together, I longed to snatch the tongs from his indifferent hands and "change the sorry scheme of things entire.
When my friends make fudge or rare-bits, they invite criticism, they court suggestion, but when one of them takes the tongs in his hand, have a care what you say to him!
Even the best of limes is liable to crack under the heat {39} of a powerful jet, and so a pair of lime-tongs should always be provided, and there is nothing better than the simple form shown in Fig.
Villain, may the tongs hold you, and may you hold the tongs till sunset!
The moment that the sun set the tongs fell from the steward's hands.
The wicked steward stood there all day with the tongs in his hand, picking up and throwing back the burning coals that snapped in his face, and the hot ashes that flew into his eyes.
With the same object I crossed the tongs and poker on the floor.
The early arched tongs were round in section, as are the pair illustrated in Tea Party in the Time of George I (fig.
The fanciful curves of the handle and feet are related to the rococo design of the sugar tongs in figure 16.
Silver tongs in the rococo style, made by Jacob Hurd, of Boston, about 1750.
During the 18th century both arched and scissor typetongs were used.
Tea Tongs & Strainer," items that were undoubtedly used with the ceramic sets.
According to the prints and paintings of the period, tongs were placed in or near the sugar container.
Tongs were especially suited for lifting the lumps of sugar from their container to the teacup.
A pair of light long nose-tongs are needed to handle the work.
As Captain Truck asked permission to initiate the new coal-tongs by lighting a cigar, Sir George Templemore contrived to ask Pierre, in an aside, if the ladies would allow him to join them.
Almost at the same moment, Pierre offered a salver that contained a capital watch, a pair of small silver tongs to hold a coal, and a deck trumpet, in solid silver.
And when the people began to gather together and stood round me, some thought I would, with the tongs that I had borrowed from the hostess, pull out teeth.
The sugar-tongs and butter-knife are quite unobtrusive, but are of sterling worth.
On these occasions Mr. Knife lays the butter on rather thickly, which Miss Tongs in her sweet way appears to look upon as quite the correct thing.
Then Thormod took the tongs and pulled the iron out.
In order to hold the tongs together a small link can be slipped on over the handle, thus holding the crucible securely.
A second piece of steel rod bent in the form of a hook at the end is very useful for supporting the weight of the crucible and prevents spilling the molten metal should the tongs slip off the crucible.
This can be done by wrapping a wet piece of cloth or asbestos around the middle and holding it in the jaws of a pair of tongs which will only leave the end uncovered and projecting from the tongsabout 1/2 in.
Let us suppose the case of a pair of tongs that falls upon a man's foot, causing a cruel hurt.
Will you claim that the tongs are punishable for that?
Then he whipped her to get up; then with red hottongs he burned off her ears, and whipped her again!
Not long afterward it is taken up with tongs and placed under the same hammer, and cut up with a sharp iron into four, five, or six pieces, according to whether it is large or small.
Afterward with the tongs he replaces in its proper place the iron plate which was in front of the furnace, and throws the charcoal back into the crucible with a shovel.
The drops of bismuth which fall down into the hearth are congealed by the cold, and they are taken away with the tongs and thrown into a basket.
While the fragments of the cake are still hot, he seizes them with the tongs and throws them into a bowl with holes in the bottom, and pours water over them.
The ponderous hammer loads his better hand; His left with tongs turns the vex'd metal round.
As soon as it begins to thicken, which happens when it has been reduced by boiling to a third or more, they seize the pots with tongs and pour the contents into small rectangular iron pans, which have also been placed in the pool.
The upper part of both handles of the tongs are curved back, the one to the right, the other to the left, and each handle is engaged in one of the lowest links of two short chains, which are three links long.
The "dried" cakes, taken out of the hearth by the master and his assistants, are seized with other tongs and thrown into the rectangular tank, which is almost filled with water.
Warm it on the tongs when you bring it and put it on the lump.
And the woman put the tongs over the cradle where the baby was sleeping, for that is a pishogue.
Notwithstanding the example made of this man, in the afternoon another had the audacity to snatch the tongs and a chizel from the same place, with which he jumped overboard, and swam for the shore.
I'll bring my little tongs along, and I'll curl up such a lovely fringe on your great intellectual forehead.
I have got the dearest little jewel of a pair of curling tongs that ever was seen!
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tongs" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
