Puritan spoon
historical
noun
A type of silver spoon made in England in the 17th cent. having a flat plain handle and an almost oval bowl.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in The Times.
- one's jaw drops
- one's life's work
- one's line of country
- one's luck is in
- one's mark
- one's money's worth
- one's name is mud
- one's nearest and dearest
- one's (or the) last gasp
- one's (own) flesh and blood
- one's (own) kind
- one's pound of flesh
- one's pride and joy
- one's salad days
- one's spiritual home
- one's star is rising
- one's strong point
- one-star
- velvet worm
- velvety
- Velázquez de Cuéllar, Diego
- Velázquez, Diego
- Ven.
- vena cava
- venal