chafing-dish

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chafing-dish (plural chafing-dishes)

  1. Alternative form of chafing dish
    • 1914, Janet McKenzie Hill, Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-dish Dainties, page 151:
      The first chafing-dishes of which historic mention is made consisted of a pan heated over a pot of burning oil, the pan resting upon a frame which held the pot of oil.