Plural of blowtorch; portable devices that produce a hot flame using pressurized fuel, used for welding, cutting, or thawing.
Compound of 'blow' (to forcefully expel air or gas) and 'torch' (a source of flame). First coined in the late 19th century as portable flame tools became common in industrial work.
Blowtorches revolutionized construction and metalwork because they put concentrated heat in a worker's hand—so much so that they became a symbol of urban danger in early 20th-century crime stories and movies.
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