Sentences with phrase «of turnspits»
In the 1850s, the use of turnspits in large commercial kitchens in America inspired the foundation of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA).
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For a while, it seemed like bulldogs would go the way of the turnspit — but they didn't.
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At the mention of the word «wheel» several turnspit dogs, who had been brought to church as foot warmers, ran for the door.
The smaller Glen of Imaal terriers allegedly were «turnspit dogs» who ran in exercise wheels that turned spits over kitchen fires.
According to legend the Glen of Imaal also has a unique task which it was expressly designed for: it was a turnspit dog.
You might be kind of glad turnspits and Dogo Cubanos aren't around anymore.
«Turnspit dogs were viewed as kitchen utensils, as pieces of machinery rather than as dogs,» says [author Jan] Bondeson.
The Glen had the unique task of paddling a turnspit — a canine - propelled rotisserie — in its native country.
Bondeson says just owning a turnspit became a «stigma of poverty.»