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noun

a small spoon, especially of the late 18th century, having a perforated bowl.

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Also called berry ladle, sugar sifter.

Origin of berry spoon

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

Words nearby berry spoon

berry, berry aneurysm, Berry, Chuck, berryfruit, Berryman, berry spoon, bersagliere, berseem, berserk, Bert, berth

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Jason Berry received a 1992 Alicia Patterson Fellowship for his coverage of demagogues in Louisiana.
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Using a heatproof slotted spoon, remove the shallots to a paper towel-lined plate.
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No congratulations for those who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths and then blame the poor for being poor.
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“The spoon was a tool for foreshadowing,” the Facebook page explains.
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“Very few district attorneys are willing to go after a bishop,” says Berry.
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So after a few minutes I remarked to him, "Everything tastes very sweet out of this spoon!"
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Bordering them were great quantities of berry-laden snow-berry bushes, of which I am very fond.
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Had put on her Sunday gown, and had nothing to do now but hold up her head high, and sup her soup out of a silver spoon.
The World Before Them|Susanna Moodie
We don't even have real big prizes—just a dinky little spoon sitting up on the mantel-piece to excite us as if it was a tiara.
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Ralph Towne, M.D., he was replying, he was born with a gold spoon in his pretty mouth!
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