tongs

• And his arms gave an added touch of the animal, for they were so long that his great palms reached to his knees; and so sprung out at the shoulder, and so curved in at the wrist, that when they met at the fingers they formed a pair of mammoth, muscled tongs--tongs that gave Barber his boasted value in and out of ships His legs were big, too. —  The Rich Little Poor Boy
• The three men seized the poker, tongs, and shovel. —  Hunted and Harried
• I bent a piece of bamboo cane double, like a pair of sugar-tongs, and then putting my finger to the part of his stomach which he had pointed out, I felt that there was a hard substance, and I made an incision with my knife--probing with the blade. —  The Privateersman
• All our tools were composed of coral; two long pieces served as tongs, and another as a hammer. —  Twice Lost
• Why couldn't we lift the pot with the tongs, and pour out what's at the bottom and run it into a mould Have you got a mould, Sep?" —  Devon Boys A Tale of the North Shore

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