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monkey spoon

monkey spoon noun: a type of handmade ladle or spoon that was used to celebrate weddings and to honor the dead, primarily used by the Dutch settlers of the New York and Hudson River area and in the Netherlands.

Noun

monkey spoon (plural monkey spoons)

  1. (historical, folk art) A type of handmade ladle or spoon that was used to celebrate weddings and to honor the dead, primarily used by the Dutch settlers of the New York and Hudson River area and in the Netherlands.

Forms of monkey spoon

pluralmonkey spoons

Questions about monkey spoon

What does monkey spoon mean?
Monkey spoon means a type of handmade ladle or spoon that was used to celebrate weddings and to honor the dead, primarily used by the Dutch settlers of the New York and Hudson River area and in the Netherlands.
What part of speech is monkey spoon?
Monkey spoon is a noun.
What is the plural of monkey spoon?
The plural of monkey spoon is monkey spoons.

Words near monkey spoon in the dictionary

  1. monkey shows
  2. monkey slug
  3. monkey slugs
  4. monkey spar
  5. monkey spars
  6. monkey spoon
  7. monkey spoons
  8. monkey squirrel
  9. monkey squirrels
  10. monkey stick
  11. monkey sticks

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