pronging
- present participle of prong.
Example Sentences
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Indeed, the fact that we still use these ancient implements for pronging and slicing made me realise how little things change.
From The Guardian • Jun. 18, 2012
About now,' said Mr Birdsey, looking at his watch, 'I guess they'll be pronging the hors d'oeuvres and gazing at the empty chair.
From The Man with Two Left Feet And Other Stories by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
I'm sitting peacefully in my room at the hotel in Chicago, pronging a few cents' worth of scrambled eggs and reading the morning paper, when the telephone rings.
From The Adventures of Sally by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
This last Remark was intended for an inoffensive Person who had slipped in to get a Rhine Wine and Seltzer, and was pronging about Forty Cents' Worth of Lunch.
From More Fables by Ade, George
No sir, no,' he continued, pronging another onion; 'I have some regard for the hinterest o' my master.
From Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour by Surtees, Robert Smith
