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dessert fork

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noun

  1. a fork used for eating certain desserts, usually somewhat smaller than a dinner fork.


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"Now, shall I tell you how I came to know that?" she asked, poising a glace cherry on her dessert fork in front of her.

From Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose by Allen, Grant

Jerry picked up a dessert fork and waved it jubilantly.

From Marjorie Dean College Freshman by Lester, Pauline

This was the moment for which I had been waiting, but the wee lieutenant took cover, hunting his dessert fork on the floor long after Maria had brought up reinforcements.

From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 23, 1914 by Various

She was smiling into the eyes of the man at her side as she toyed with a dainty morsel on a silver dessert fork.

From Fast as the Wind A Novel by Gould, Nat

She did not smile, but toyed nervously with the dessert fork.

From What's-His-Name by Fisher, Harrison

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