slice bar
a long-handled instrument with a blade at the end, for clearing away or breaking up clinkers, coal, etc., in a furnace.
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How to use slice bar in a sentence
One night two sweet-tempered, light-complexioned coal-passers hit me together, one with a shovel, the other with a slice-bar.
Wide Courses | James Brendan ConnollyAfter a period of argument and persuasion, that young man took a slice bar and pounded at the lever of the whistle.
The Triumph of Virginia Dale | John Francis, Jr.Dan jerked a slice-bar from the fire and hurled it to the floor at Larry's feet.
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British Dictionary definitions for slice bar
an iron bar used for raking out furnaces
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