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saltspoons

saltspoons is the plural of saltspoon.

Meaning of saltspoon

Noun

saltspoon (plural saltspoons)

  1. (historical) A small spoon used for serving or measuring salt, equivalent to ⅛ teaspoon.
    • Her reasons […] for disliking paupers of every description were entirely on the surface; “she hated them,” she said, “for they were nasty dirty creatures; the fellows and wenches were all thieves; she once lost a salt spoon by one of them whom Master George thought proper to bring to her door for...1798, Charlotte Turner Smith, The Young Philosopher, London: T. Cadell, Jun. & W. Davies, Volume 1, Chapter 3, pp. 55-56

Questions about saltspoons

What is saltspoons the plural of?
Saltspoons is the plural of saltspoon.

Words near saltspoons in the dictionary

  1. Saltsman
  2. Saltsmans
  3. saltspoon
  4. saltspoonful
  5. saltspoonfuls
  6. saltspoons
  7. saltspoonsful
  8. saltspray
  9. saltspray rose
  10. saltspray roses
  11. saltsprays

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