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tongs

noun especially COOKtlú masc4  c m uteanchair fem2  c m umaide briste  c m ua pair of tongs tlú masc4, teanchair fem2, maide briste  c m ua pair of sugar tongs tlú siúcra

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    to go at it hammer and tongs informal1 quarrel fiercely bheith in adharca a chéile, bheith in árach a chéile, bheith sa phíobán ag a chéilemy mother and her sister were going at it hammer and tongs bhí mo mháthair agus a deirfiúr in adharca a chéile2 compete fiercely bheith ar theann do dhíchillthe boxers were going at it hammer and tongs bhí na dornálaithe ag troid an méid a bhí ina gcnámha, bhí na dornálaithe ag smísteáil a chéile3 have sex bheith ag radaireachtthey were going at it hammer and tongs all night bhí siad ag gabháil dó ar theann a ndíchill ar feadh na hoíche, bhí siad ag clárú a chéile an oíche ar fad
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