salt spoon

American  

noun

1. a small spoon with which to take salt at the table.

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Etymology

Origin of salt spoon

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

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salt spoon

She could hear him peeling the egg, then a faint silvery clink as he picked up the salt spoon.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

And you will add to the tomatoes, after they have been passed through the sieve, half a salt spoon of baking soda, and then milk enough to thin them to the proper consistency of soup.

From A Course of Lectures on the Principles of Domestic Economy and Cookery by Juliet Corson

Boil for two or three minutes and season with one salt spoon of salt; one-half teaspoonful mustard; one-quarter teaspoonful pepper.

From Stevenson Memorial Cook Book by Various

The two women did not put on a plate or salt spoon without the avowed intention of worrying the Lorilleuxs.

From L'Assommoir by Émile Zola

Dear me, would you mind, young man, just asking Dear Miss Dall to pass the salt spoon.

From Fortitude by Sir Hugh Walpole