coffee spoon

American  

noun

1. a small spoon used with demitasse cups.

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Etymology

Origin of coffee spoon

First recorded in 1695–1705

Example Sentences

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coffee spoon

It is not passed, but a glassful standing on a plate, with a coffee spoon beside it, is placed before each person.

From The Century Cook Book by Mary Ronald

Herr Diddlej sat turning a lump of sugar with brandy in his coffee spoon, and smoking cigarettes, which he rapidly rolled with his yellow-stained damp fingers.

From The King's Men A Tale of To-morrow by Robert Grant

It was perhaps fortunate that Emily was his leader instead of the more impish Joan, who would have been impelled by sheer force of circumstance to attempt her fish with her coffee spoon.

From Why Joan? by Eleanor Mercein Kelly

Diggs told a story or two, at which Rann roared appreciatively, while Vaden fingered his coffee spoon in pensive abstraction.

From The Voice of the People by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow

If the small cup of coffee—the demi-tasse—is served, the small after-dinner coffee spoon is necessary.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Thomas Jefferson Ritter