salad fork
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of salad fork
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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The salad fork, at least, a rigid sea serpent with four braided tongues for tines, did come from Dalí’s own drawing.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2023
The queen stopped and put down her salad fork.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2022
His mother had a dinner, and she was a Texan lady, I mean she had the whole dinner setup, and I was mortified—I had no idea there was a salad fork and a regular fork.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 4, 2016
I instead am one who has the unfortunate habit of getting halfway through a meal before realizing I’m eating it with the salad fork.
From Salon ● Jan. 22, 2013
We stand aside and watch Dad as he mulls over what the correct distance should be between the salad fork and the dinner fork.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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