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
When a potholder catches fire while she’s making coffee, Caroline Bryant perceives the boy’s smile in the flame.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 8, 2022
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
The newly designed tapered glass jar is meant to be saved: It’s emblazoned with screen-printed graphics of kitchen tools created by Auge Design — stylized potholders, graters, spoons, cups.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
Use potholders and oven mitts when handling the turkey.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 23, 2022
Safety tip: wear oven mitts or use potholders when you remove the bowl from the microwave or bain-marie, as it will be super hot.
From Salon ● May 12, 2022
All kinds of potholders in all styles, colors, textures, etc.
From Forbes ● Nov. 29, 2012
The gift, worth a few hundred thousand dollars, ranges from best sellers like “The Doubtful Guest” and ads for “Dracula” on Broadway to souvenir coffee mugs, T-shirts and potholders.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2012
