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Definition of sucket spoon in English: sucket spoon(also sucket fork) nounˈsʌkɪt A utensil for eating fruit, having a two-pronged fork at one end and a spoon at the other. Example sentencesExamples - It took its modern form in the 17th century with the introduction of the sucket fork, designed to convey sweetmeats to the mouth.
- He says that this piece is a derivative of the sucket forks of the 18th century.
- She used a dainty silver instrument with fork tines on one end and a small spoon on the other - a sucket fork, to eat the sticky sweet fruits offered at dessert, piercing the fruit with the tines then sipping the sauce with the small spoon end of the instrument.
- The sucket fork was wrought with two prongs at one end of the stem and a bowl at the other.
- Some of these sucket forks could be folded up and carried in one's pocket.
Origin Late 15th century: sucket, alteration of obsolete succate, variant of succade 'sweetmeats', of unknown origin. |