Meaning of blow poke | Babel Free

Definitions

A hollow poker through which air can be blown to fuel a fire.

Examples

“Jim Hardin (as himself): Let me show you what is marked as State’s Exhibit 72, and ask whether you can identify that for me, please. Candace Zamperini: This is my blow poke (she blows) - Blow through it.”

“When Jardine was again within our circle, Moody asked, “What’s this about some blow poke?”It isn’t here,” Jardine muttered. “What’s a blow poke?” Moody asked us. “A fireplace tool,” George answered.”

“Another chief concern was he discovery of the so-called “missing” murder weapon, the blow poke fireplace tool the prosecutors claimed Peterson used to bludgeon his wife to death. Two days before ending his case, defense lawyer, David Rudolf, brought out the blow poke, which prosecutors contended had gone mysteriously missing after Kathleen Peterson’s death.”

“In The Staircase there is a suggestion that continually retracing our steps doesn’t in itself yield much, and certainly doesn’t necessarily awaken new ways of seeing. The discovery of the blow-poke, the alleged murder weapon, is a case in point. A gift from Kathleen’s sister, he suspiciously missing blow-poke is an essential part of the prosecution’s case.”

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