potholder
Americannoun
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potholders
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Origin of potholder
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I dipped them in the hardening brown goo with the scalding pan resting on a flowery potholder, one at a time, singeing my fingertips and waving my hand in pain.
From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2022
The Ojai artist weaves each 6-by-6-inch potholder by hand as a “form of embodied meditation.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2021
One of my friends is sewing medical masks, using the loops from a child’s potholder weaving kit for the earpieces.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 10, 2020
Five colorful crocheted heads — think of a painting that’s also a potholder — by the same artist amplify this impression.
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2018
Use the potholder in one hand to hold the cover on, and with the other move the pan back and forth across the unit.
From Electricity for the 4-H Scientist Idaho Agricultural Extension Service Bulletin 396, June, 1962 by Eric B. Wilson
The newly designed tapered glass jar is meant to be saved: It’s emblazoned with screen-printed graphics of kitchen tools created by Auge Design — stylized potholders, graters, spoons, cups.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
In my own apartment, we have a magnetic paper towel holder, scissors that came with their own magnetic holster and a few magnetic hooks for potholders.
From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2023
Use potholders and oven mitts when handling the turkey.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 23, 2022
For the sake of argument let’s say Company X manufacturers potholders.
From Forbes ● Nov. 29, 2012
The gift, worth a few hundred thousand dollars, ranges from best sellers like “The Doubtful Guest” and ads for “Dracula” on Broadway to souvenir coffee mugs, T-shirts and potholders.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2012
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