spondonicles
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Australia/spɔnˈdɔnəkl̩z/
spondonicles noun: a metal tool used to pick up a hot pot or billycan which has been on a campfire or other heat source.
Noun
spondonicles pl (normally plural, singular spondonicle)
- A metal tool used to pick up a hot pot or billycan which has been on a campfire or other heat source.
- Used spondonicles recently for the first time for a long time with a recently purchased car-camping stove.....2002 17 July, David Springthorpe, "Re: Spondonicals", in aus.bushwalking, Usenet
- "So I just picked [the billy] up by the spondonicles and walked it outside to cool it in the snow."2006 January 28, Roger Caffin, “Re: Gas camping stove explodes”, in aus.bushwalking (Usenet)
Forms of spondonicles
| singular | spondonicle |
|---|---|
| alternative form | spondonicals |
Origin of spondonicles
Rumoured to have first been used in a film by The Three Stooges, in which the term was allegedly used to refer to an unknown medical instrument used in a surgery.
Questions about spondonicles
- What does spondonicles mean?
- Spondonicles means a metal tool used to pick up a hot pot or billycan which has been on a campfire or other heat source.
- What part of speech is spondonicles?
- Spondonicles is a noun.
- How do you pronounce spondonicles?
- Spondonicles is pronounced /spɔnˈdɔnəkl̩z/ (Australia).
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