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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