What does frying-pan mean?

frying-pan

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Frequency: 3.38 in modern English

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"The terrible announcement that the baby had been taken in the act of putting a doll’s frying-pan into his mouth, and was more than suspected of having swallowed a fictitious turkey, glued on a wooden platter!"
"“No, papa, but I expect to do a great deal of fancy cooking myself.” “Oh, you do! Well, then, buy all the contraptions that are necessary, but don’t omit the plain gridirons and frying-pans.”"

frying-pans (plural)

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