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spurtle

American  
[spur-tl] / ˈspɜr tl /

noun

Chiefly Scot.
  1. a stick used to stir porridge.


Etymology

Origin of spurtle

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


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What's a golden spurtle and why do so many people want one?

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Outside, he posed for selfies and held a 6-foot-long spurtle carved with a chain saw by local artist Alice Buttress and painted gold.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2025

An Aberdeen doctor has hailed his stirring spurtle after being crowned the 21st World Porridge Making Championships in the Highlands.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2014

The champion said his own spurtle had been crafted for him by a patient.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2014

So he went to the centre of the square, where he stood for a while looking at the aquatic plants and listening to the spurtle of the fountain.

From Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color by Brander Matthews

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