spoondrift

[ spoon-drift ]

/ ˈspunˌdrɪft /

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noun

Nearby words

spoon theory, spoon-fed, spoon-feed, spoonbill, spoonbill catfish, spoondrift, spoonerism, spooney, spoonful, spoonworm, spoony

Origin of spoondrift

1760–70; spoon, variant of obsolete spoom (of a ship) to run or scud before the wind + drift

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Examples from the Web for spoondrift

The party from Spoondrift bungalow got back in season to get luncheon; after which they rested and then bathed.
The Corner House Girls Under Canvas|Grace Brooks Hill
She dodged occasionally to protect her eyes from the spoondrift which slatted so sharply across the deck and 156 into the cockpit.
Wyn's Camping Days|Amy Bell Marlowe
And after the way Trix had acted at the time the Spoondrift bungalow was burned, one might expect anything mean of Trix.
The Corner House Girls Under Canvas|Grace Brooks Hill
On Thursday of that week they rowed over to Spoondrift bungalow in the morning.
The Corner House Girls Under Canvas|Grace Brooks Hill

Amid a mass of spoondrift the schooner drove helplessly before it.
Salt Water|W. H. G. Kingston

British Dictionary definitions for spoondrift

spoondrift

/ (ˈspuːnˌdrɪft) /

noun

a less common spelling of spindrift

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