spurtle

American  

[spur-tl] / ˈspɜr tl /

noun

Chiefly Scot.

1. a stick used to stir porridge.

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Etymology

Origin of spurtle

1540–50; spurt- (by metathesis from sprit ) + -le

Example Sentences

“If you don’t, you’ll let the devil in and it will be ruined,” said Charlie Miller, who for years organized the Golden Spurtle, the world porridge making championship held in this village deep in the Highlands.

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“It’s almost like the porridge gods decide whether your bowl of porridge is going to be any good,” said Adam Kiani, a London-based biologist who won the Golden Spurtle two years ago.

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In a recent documentary, “The Golden Spurtle,” filmmakers asked Bishop what kind of oats he would be using.

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The Golden Spurtle started in 1994 as a way to draw visitors to Carrbridge and prolong the tourist season.

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As he stirred, England’s James Leach talked about how a dent in his cooking pot seemed to result in an unusually good porridge; to his right, Murray Talbot suggested there might be magic in the spurtle.

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