potholder
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I dipped them in the hardening brown goo with the scalding pan resting on a flowery potholder, one at a time, singeing my fingertips and waving my hand in pain.
From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2022
One of her children had once wrapped up a used potholder to put under the tree for her, and the other had made something from Legos.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2021
One of my friends is sewing medical masks, using the loops from a child’s potholder weaving kit for the earpieces.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 10, 2020
Political memorabilia has long been a mainstay of American campaigning, with the Teddy Roosevelt “Rough Rider” campaign button, the reelect Eisenhower 1956 potholder and the “I Stand With Rand” flip-flops of today.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2015
Use the potholder in one hand to hold the cover on, and with the other move the pan back and forth across the unit.
From Electricity for the 4-H Scientist Idaho Agricultural Extension Service Bulletin 396, June, 1962 by Eric B. Wilson
In my own apartment, we have a magnetic paper towel holder, scissors that came with their own magnetic holster and a few magnetic hooks for potholders.
From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2023
Then it was potholders made from a kit.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2019
Willis Henry Auctions in Marshfield, Mass., has been selling the estates of dealers and collectors, including Jerry McCue, Ed Clerk and Howard Fertig, who acquired Shaker objects as mundane as eyeglasses, potholders and clothes hangers.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2014
All kinds of potholders in all styles, colors, textures, etc.
From Forbes ● Nov. 29, 2012
FRI-SUN Jewelry, purses, quilts, scarves, potholders, notecards; Tibetan and Palestinian handicrafts; cookbook and baked goods; 6-9 p.m.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 10, 2011
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