spurtle
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of spurtle
Example Sentences
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Outside, he posed for selfies and held a 6-foot-long spurtle carved with a chain saw by local artist Alice Buttress and painted gold.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 19, 2025
An Aberdeen doctor has hailed his stirring spurtle after being crowned the 21st World Porridge Making Championships in the Highlands.
From BBC • Oct. 5, 2014
The champion said his own spurtle had been crafted for him by a patient.
From BBC • Oct. 5, 2014
A spurtle is a spatula-like tool traditionally used to stir porridge.
From BBC • Oct. 5, 2012
She laid down the porridge spurtle like a queen abdicating her sceptre.
From The Dew of Their Youth by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
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