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monkey spoons

monkey spoons is the plural of monkey spoon.

Meaning of monkey spoon

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.

Questions about monkey spoons

What is monkey spoons the plural of?
Monkey spoons is the plural of monkey spoon.

Words near monkey spoons in the dictionary

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

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