salt spoon

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noun

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

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Origin of salt spoon

First recorded in 1810–20

Words nearby salt spoon

salt-rising bread, Salt River, salts, salt shake, salt shaker, salt spoon, salt stick, salt tree, saltus, saltwater, saltwater taffy

How to use salt spoon in a sentence

Use the butter-knife, salt-spoon, and sugar-tongs as scrupulously when alone, as if a room full of people were watching you.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness|Florence Hartley
If your friend of the Universo has a salt spoon of his own this time to-morrow, he 'll be a lucky dog.
Tony Butler|Charles James Lever
It was repeated in a more peremptory manner, "Thomas, Mrs. Murray has not a salt-spoon!"
Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character|Edward Bannerman Ramsay
To them we might impart the uses of the salt-spoon, and ask in return the secret of punctuality on the railways.
A Wanderer in Holland|E. V. Lucas

"Good, good," said the Baron de B——, and tapped his wine glass with a small salt spoon.
A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden|W. A. Ross