chafing-pan

Updated: May 11, 2025

He found a tent, a straw mattress and a blanket, "quite clean and nearly new." The stock-in-trade "consisted of various tools, an iron ladle, a chafing-pan, and small bellows, sundry pans and kettles, the latter being of tin, with the exception of one which was of copper, all in a state of considerable dilapidation."

Herbert George Jenkins - The Life of George Borrow

I then overhauled what might more strictly be called the stock in trade; this consisted of various tools, an iron ladle, a chafing-pan and small bellows, sundry pans and kettles, the latter being of tin, with the exception of one which was of copper, all in a state of considerable dilapidation if I may use the term; of these first Slingsby had spoken in particular, advising me to mend them as soon as possible, and to endeavour to sell them, in order that I might have the satisfaction of receiving some return upon the outlay which I had made.

George Henry Borrow - Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest

"Here we will leave them for a time," said the man; "when I think they have had enough, I will come back, tie their fore-legs, and let them pick about." It might be about ten o'clock at night. Belle, the postillion, and myself, sat just within the tent, by a fire of charcoal which I had kindled in the chafing-pan.

George Henry Borrow - Lavengro: The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest

It might be about ten o’clock at night. Belle, the postilion, and myself, sat just within the tent, by a fire of charcoal which I had kindled in the chafing-pan. The man had removed the harness from his horses, and, after tethering their legs, had left them for the night in the field above to regale themselves on what grass they could find.

George Henry Borrow - Lavengro: The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest

Not a blacksmith A love affair Gretna Green A cool thousand Family estates Borough interest Grand education Let us hear Already quarrelling Honourable parents Most heroically Not common people Fresh charcoal. It might be about ten o'clock at night. Belle, the postilion, and myself, sat just within the tent, by a fire of charcoal which I had kindled in the chafing-pan.

George Henry Borrow - Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest

I then overhauled what might more strictly be called the stock in trade; this consisted of various tools, an iron ladle, a chafing-pan and small bellows, sundry pans and kettles, the latter being of tin, with the exception of one which was of copper, all in a state of considerable dilapidation—if I may use the term; of these first Slingsby had spoken in particular, advising me to mend them as soon as possible, and to endeavour to sell them, in order that I might have the satisfaction of receiving some return upon the outlay which I had made.

George Henry Borrow - Lavengro: The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest