sucket fork

[ suhk-it ]

noun

1. a utensil for sweetmeats of the 16th, 17th, and early 18th centuries, having fork tines at one end and a spoon bowl at the other end of a common stem.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sucket fork¹

sucket, alteration of succade candied fruit < Anglo-French sukade, dialectal Old French (northeast) succade

Example Sentences

When bits of sweetmeat lodged in the teeth, the sucket fork doubled as a nifty toothpick.

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