stove poker


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Noun1.stove poker - fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handlestove poker - fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire
fire hook, poker, salamander
fire iron - metal fireside implements
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A visitor to the Pana jail on a Sunday evening, following a lively Saturday, had somehow managed to take in hand the coal stove poker and in the recreation area just described, helped by the soft brick of the jail, actually poked a hole in the wall through which he escaped.
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No one was arrested, for example, when seven-year-old Rube McMillen struck six-year-old Fred Stock on the head with a stove poker, or when ten-year-old Peter Kajneirezak inflicted a minor knife wound on a fourteen-year-old.
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