toasting-iron

“_ Laugh an thou likest; but put up thy toasting-iron.”

Cromwell

“And you carry a toasting-iron, like a rat's tail, by your side.”

The Black Tor A Tale of the Reign of James the First

“The table was set – the coffee was making – and she had him established at the fire with two great plates, a pile of slices of bread, and the toasting-iron.”

Queechy

“When his sister was married he made her a wedding present of a toasting-iron.”

Captains of Industry or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money

“The table was set; the coffee was making; and she had him established at the fire with two great plates, a pile of slices of bread, and a toasting-iron.”

Queechy

“The table was set — the coffee was making — and she had him established at the fire with two great plates, a pile of slices of bread, and the toasting-iron.”

Queechy, Volume I

“Thus you see I am not altogether blind; but to one of my profession, the eyes you speak of would be merely an incumbrance, liable at any time to be put out by a toasting-iron, or a pitchfork.”

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 5

“I would rather go to sleep," said one of the men, dropping down into the snow; "and if you worry me again, major, I shall stick my toasting-iron into your body.”

Farewell

“I tell thee, Amelot, were my weapon to cross with yours, never flail sent abroad more chaff than I would make splinters of your hatched and gilded toasting-iron.”

The Betrothed