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potholder

[pot-hohl-der] / ˈpɒtˌhoʊl dər /
NOUN
pot holder
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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

The Ojai artist weaves each 6-by-6-inch potholder by hand as a “form of embodied meditation.”

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 4, 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

With the potholder, remove the pan and add one layer of popcorn kernels.

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

Refreshing your dish towels and potholders is an easy way to change it up.

From Seattle Times Jun. 9, 2023

He is sent to a retirement home, where he and viewers suffer forced, unfunny scenes of Max being urged to knit potholders in the shape of kidneys.

From Salon Dec. 30, 2016

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




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