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runcible spoon

runcible spoon noun: a fork-like spoon that has a cutting edge.

runcible spoon: a fork-like spoon that has a cutting edge
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Noun

runcible spoon (plural runcible spoons)

  1. A fork-like spoon that has a cutting edge.
    • They dined on mince, and slices of quince,
      Which they ate with a runcible spoon;1871, Edward Lear, “Owl & Pussy-Cat”, in Nonsense Songs
    • But the Baudelaires accepted their bowls of ceviche, as well as the strange utensils Friday handed them, which were made of wood and looked like a combination of a fork and a spoon.
      "They're runcible spoons," Friday explained. "We don't have forks or knives in the colony, as they can be used as...2006, Lemony Snicket, chapter 4, in The End, page 87

Forms of runcible spoon

pluralruncible spoons

Origin of runcible spoon

1871, coined by Edward Lear with no definition, but was applied to the following by 1926.

Questions about runcible spoon

What does runcible spoon mean?
Runcible spoon means a fork-like spoon that has a cutting edge.
What part of speech is runcible spoon?
Runcible spoon is a noun.
What is the plural of runcible spoon?
The plural of runcible spoon is runcible spoons.

Words near runcible spoon in the dictionary

  1. runchases
  2. runched
  3. runches
  4. runching
  5. runcible
  6. runcible spoon
  7. runcible spoons
  8. runcic
  9. runcicantellated
  10. runcicantellation
  11. runcicantellations

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