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Search phrase: spoon

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The Comedy of ErrorsCE IV.iii.60Master, if you do, expect spoon-meat,Master, if do expect spoon-meate, 
The Comedy of ErrorsCE IV.iii.61or bespeak a long spoon.or bespeake a long spoone. 
The Comedy of ErrorsCE IV.iii.64spoon that must eat with the devil.spoone that must eate with the diuell. 
CoriolanusCor I.v.5At a cracked drachma. Cushions, leaden spoons,At a crack'd Drachme: Cushions, Leaden Spoones,
Henry VIIIH8 V.iii.167spoons. You shall have two noble partners with you, thespoones; / You shall haue two noble Partners with you: the
Henry VIIIH8 V.iv.39The spoons will be the bigger, sir. There is a fellowThe Spoones will be the bigger Sir: There is a fellow
King JohnKJ IV.iii.131Put but a little water in a spoon,Put but a little water in a spoone,
The TempestTem II.ii.97I have no long spoon.I haue no long Spoone.
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK III.iv.9Spoon her before the wind, you'll lose all else;Vpon her before the winde, you'l loose all els:

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Glossary

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spoonlet run [with little or no sail]
spoonchristening spoon [given as a gift]
spoonmeat, spoon-meatsoft food served on a spoon

Thesaurus

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christening spoonspoon
food served on a spoonspoonmeat, spoon-meat
spoon, christeningspoon
spoon, food served on a spoonmeat, spoon-meat

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
SPOONBASICspoon n, spoon v
SPOONFOODspoon-meat n

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