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sugar tongs
noun
, (usually used with a plural verb)
- small tongs used for serving cubed sugar.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sugar tongs1
First recorded in 1700–10
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Example Sentences
Use the butter-knife, salt-spoon, and sugar-tongs as scrupulously when alone, as if a room full of people were watching you.
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He passed the sugar to the captain and stood before Mr. Sabin with the sugar-tongs in his hand.
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"It must take years to understand it all," Cordelia ventured, toying absent-mindedly with the sugar-tongs.
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"Walks like a pair of spavined sugar tongs," was Waddles' comment.
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She reminds me of a pair of old-fashioned silver sugar-tongs; you know I am very fond of sugar.
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