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burner

noun as in torch

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Reed’s wife Justine is suspected by some in the golf community of not only tweeting from his official account but also of using an anonymous, so-called “burner” account to vehemently defend him.

Dry the pan well on a warm burner, add a bit of oil, and give it a quick wipe with a paper towel.

I’ve attached it to clothing, stuck it to my car, and put it on the open lid of my two-burner camp stove, creating a nicely lit camp-kitchen area.

We cook outside in the van, too, and that requires us pulling out our small table, setting it up, and then popping our two-burner on there.

It was doable for a weekend but not ideal, and it meant the second burner cooked things a little slower.

Denzel Washington in Philadelphia: “There was something like that [with Philadelphia] where I was on the back-burner.”

He is, however, obedient about not turning on the stove burner without permission.

He testified that he immediately got to work with a set of “burner” phones bought on company expenses.

“Growing up, my grandmother always had fideo going on her simple four-burner stove,” he said.

And while his Town & Country photo shoot nearly broke the Internet, modeling is on the back burner: “Acting is my first priority.”

I pointed through the woods to a bit of clearing made by a charcoal burner.

Is he like Duclosse the mealman, or Lajeunesse the blacksmith, or Garotte the lime-burner-and the rest?

The little hut of the lime-burner was beyond in a hollow, and behind that again was a lean-to, like a small shed or stable.

The hall is lighted with gas, and the burner is placed between the two doors.

At the high temperature of the triple burner, a semi-solid, red, greasy substance collected in and closed the condenser tube.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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