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eating irons

eating irons noun: knife, fork and spoon; cutlery.

Noun

eating irons pl (plural only)

  1. (humorous, plural, plural-only) Knife, fork and spoon; cutlery.
    • But I had the unmitigated pleasure of watching a family of four Chinese struggle to use knives and forks to their bacon and eggs. These were the first eating irons I had seen in a long while.1999, Lydia Laube, Bound for Vietnam, →ISBN, pages 24–25
    • Eating irons in hand, we plonked ourselves down at the round six-seating dining table and thrashed out the ethics of my decision to change football teams.2000, Shane Maloney, Nice Try: A Murray Whelan Mystery, →ISBN, page 25

Questions about eating irons

What does eating irons mean?
Eating irons means knife, fork and spoon; cutlery.
What part of speech is eating irons?
Eating irons is a noun.

Words near eating irons in the dictionary

  1. eating house
  2. eating houses
  3. eating humble pie
  4. eating in
  5. eating into
  6. eating irons
  7. eating it
  8. eating knife
  9. eating knives
  10. eating lead
  11. eating like a bird

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