2. Noun. a child's card game ¹
3. Noun. a pair of spoons used as a musical instrument by tapping them on parts of the body ¹
4. Verb. Third person singular simple present of ''to spoon.'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spoons
1. spoon [v] - See also: spoon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spoons
Literary usage of Spoons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A New Monetary System: The Only Means of Securing the Respective Rights of by Edward Kellogg (1861)
"As they are not sufficient in amount to form a currency, John Doe is empowered
to make twelve paper spoons on the credit of each silver one, ..."
2. A New Monetary System: The Only Means of Securing the Respective Rights of by Edward Kellogg (1861)
"As they are not sufficient in amount to form a currency, John Doe is empowered
to make twelve paper spoons on the credit of each silver one, ..."
3. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"APOSTLE spoons. spoons of silver gilt, the handle of each terminating in the
figure of an ... These spoons are often mentioned by the writers of that time. ..."
4. Social New York Under the Georges, 1714-1776: Houses, Streets, and Country by Esther Singleton (1902)
"... coffee-pot, spoons, etui case and snuff-box owned by the ... $20.00; two dozen
spoons, $18.00 ; a pot, $14.00 ; and tea-spoons and table spoons, $25.00. ..."
5. The Antiquities of Tennessee and the Adjacent States, and the State of by Gates Phillips Thruston (1897)
"The food has disappeared by absorbtion and decay, but the spoons are generally
... Good examples of the shell spoons may be seen in Fig. 219. The Fio. 219. ..."
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