"monkey spoon" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: monkey spoons [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} monkey spoon (plural monkey spoons)
  1. (historical, folk art) A type of handmade ladle or spoon that was used to celebrate weddings and to honor the dead, primarily used by the Dutch settlers of the New York and Hudson River area and in the Netherlands. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-monkey_spoon-en-noun-irE7CYtJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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