gas-ring

They possessed no stove, managing their cooking on a single gas-ring in the fireplace.

THOSE ON THE EDGE 2010

Mr. Graves repeated the mistake a few minutes later when they had boiled the kettle and were making toast on the gas-ring.

The Complete Stories Waugh, Evelyn 1998

“Play up, play up,” and after the match the smell of crumpets being toasted over a gas-ring in his study ...

The Complete Stories Waugh, Evelyn 1998

"Soon be warm," he said, and dashed into the kitchen to make the coffee, filling the percolator with hot water for quickness and dumping it on the gas-ring.

Frost at Christmas Wingfield, R. D. 1984

I mentioned Nurse's gas-ring and a few other things, which he promised to fetch.

Crime On the Coast Carr, John Dickson 1984

She added, however, that in any decently-run household there would be a gas-ring in the patient's bedroom.

Crime On the Coast Carr, John Dickson 1984

Anna patiently passed him some butter for his burn and lit his cheroot at the gas-ring.

The Vatican Rip Gash, Jonathan 1981

The set-up was indeed modest enough: a desk of light-coloured wood, of a mass-produced model, a green-painted metal file, a small gas-ring on the right, with a teapot and some cups.

Maigret's Mistake Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1977

Luckily we had a gas-ring, as it would have been an impossibility to run up and down the sixty-nine steps to the kitchen every time we wanted more hot water.

Fanny Goes to War Pat Beauchamp Washington

All the guests visited the wards, and then adjourned for tea to the top room where the housekeeper had to perform miracles with the gas-ring.

Fanny Goes to War Pat Beauchamp Washington