red-hot poker

noun

1. tritoma.

red-hot poker

noun

1. See kniphofia
   See kniphofia

Word History and Origins

Origin of red-hot poker¹

First recorded in 1885–90; so called from the fiery red blossoms at the end of the flower spike

Example Sentences

He broke three of her ribs with an umbrella and on another occasion hit her with a red-hot poker.

From The Daily Beast

It would have gone right through the Melbourne or the Brisbane like a red-hot poker through a board.

From Project Gutenberg

He had just thrown the stick upon the floor with which he had been beating her, and was drawing from the stove a red-hot poker.

From Project Gutenberg

And perhaps, after all, the red-hot poker business is rather stale at the end of the Nineteenth Century!

From Project Gutenberg

The red-hot-poker grows stiff and straight, but the ragged sailor goes uncombed and untidy still.

From Project Gutenberg

Sausages, property red-hot poker, costume of motley, slippers and spectacle case.

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