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lazy tongs

noun

, (used with a plural verb)
  1. extensible tongs for grasping objects at a distance, consisting of a series of pairs of crossing pieces, each pair pivoted together in the middle and connected with the next pair at the extremities.


lazy tongs

plural noun

  1. a set of tongs with extensible arms to allow objects to be grasped or handled at a distance
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of lazy tongs1

First recorded in 1830–40
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Example Sentences

The 'lazy-tongs' device was fixed to the base-plate at one end, the other being free to move, and carrying the clip for the cards.

Its construction was essentially that of a pair of lazy-tongs, arranged as in figs. 30 and 31.

But that sort of thing is remarkably like writing a letter by means of a pen held in lazy tongs instead of the hand.

A very easily imagined series of accidents may place the destinies of Germany in such lazy tongs again.

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