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— John Milton

Say, Heavenly Muse, shall not thy sacred vein 15

Afford a present to the Infant God?

Hast thou no verse, no hymn, or solemn strain,

To welcome him to this his new abode,

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pair of tongs

Part of Speechnoun

A tool used for picking things up without touching them with the hands or fingers, consisting of two slats or grips hinged at the end or in the middle, and sometimes including a spring to open the grips.

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tongs

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Related Words

tongpair of tweezerstue-ironspair of pincerspair of pliersfire tongsforceps

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