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sucket fork

[ suhk-it ]
/ ˈsʌk ɪt /

noun

a utensil for sweetmeats of the 16th, 17th, and early 18th centuries, having fork tines at one end and a spoon bowl at the other end of a common stem.

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Nearby words

  1. sucker list,
  2. sucker punch,
  3. sucker-punch,
  4. suckerfish,
  5. suckerpunch,
  6. suckfish,
  7. suckhole,
  8. sucking,
  9. sucking louse,
  10. sucking reflex

Origin of sucket fork

sucket, alteration of succade candied fruit < Anglo-French sukade, dialectal Old French (northeast) succade
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