toasting fork

a long-handled fork used for cooking or toasting frankfurters, marshmallows, bread, etc., usually over an open fire.

Origin of toasting fork

First recorded in 1830–40

toamasina, toast, toast rack, toaster, toaster oven, toasting fork, toastmaster, toastmistress, toasty, tob, tob.

The familiar threat ended abruptly, and Mrs. Tregennis turned away, put down the toasting-fork and filled the kettle at the sink.

Tommy Tregennis |Mary Elizabeth Phillips
He took the toasting-fork and sausage from me as he spoke, and set forth the Aged's breakfast neatly on a little tray.

Great Expectations |Charles Dickens
It is a toasting-fork in the form of a dog, to whose breast a ring is attached for holding a plate.

Rambles of an Archaeologist Among Old Books and in Old Places |Frederick William Fairholt
Toasting-fork, a regulation sword, indicative of the general uselessness of that weapon.

The Slang Dictionary |John Camden Hotten

And it took all our planningness to do without a toasting-fork.

The Boys and I |Mrs. Molesworth