sugar tongs


noun(usually used with a plural verb)
  1. small tongs used for serving cubed sugar.

Origin of sugar tongs

1
First recorded in 1700–10

Words Nearby sugar tongs

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How to use sugar tongs in a sentence

  • Use the butter-knife, salt-spoon, and sugar-tongs as scrupulously when alone, as if a room full of people were watching you.

  • He passed the sugar to the captain and stood before Mr. Sabin with the sugar-tongs in his hand.

    Mysterious Mr. Sabin | E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • "It must take years to understand it all," Cordelia ventured, toying absent-mindedly with the sugar-tongs.

    The Silver Poppy | Arthur Stringer
  • "Walks like a pair of spavined sugar tongs," was Waddles' comment.

    Fore! | Charles Emmett Van Loan
  • She reminds me of a pair of old-fashioned silver sugar-tongs; you know I am very fond of sugar.

    The Europeans | Henry James