toasting fork

American  

noun

1. a long-handled fork used for cooking or toasting frankfurters, marshmallows, bread, etc., usually over an open fire.

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Etymology

Origin of toasting fork

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

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toasting fork

"To see a newspaperman paraded on Parliament's toasting fork is an ugly sight," begins Quentin Letts in the Mail's sketch of Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger's appearance before MPs on the Home Affairs Select Committee.

From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2013

A black pan, a bowl and a toasting fork sit on a folded white cloth on a dark grey table; the background is a warm brown.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 2, 2013

He had found one of those sly, semi-scholarly parallels on which he loves to impale his more annoying critics, like marshmallows on a toasting fork.

From Time Magazine Archive

“No, it’s the toasting fork, with Mother’s shoe on it instead of the bread. Beth’s stage-struck!” cried Meg, and the rehearsal ended in a general burst of laughter.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

And Flop Ear, or Flop, or Floppy, for short, looked too cute for anything—just exactly like an apple pie, and he even carried a bit of cheese to go with it, and a toasting fork.

From Curly and Floppy Twistytail; the Funny Piggie Boys by Garis, Howard Roger