"big spoon" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-big spoon.ogg [Australia] Forms: big spoons [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} big spoon (plural big spoons)
  1. (slang) The person whose front is touching the other person's back when spooning. Tags: slang Coordinate_terms: little spoon
    Sense id: en-big_spoon-en-noun-E9FTy8A9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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