Saltspoon
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A small spoon used for serving or measuring salt, equivalent to ⅛ teaspoon. historical
"1798, Charlotte Turner Smith, The Young Philosopher, London: T. Cadell, Jun. & W. Davies, Volume 1, Chapter 3, pp. 55-56, Her reasons […] for disliking paupers of every description were entirely on the surface; “she hated them,” she said, “for they were nasty dirty creatures; the fellows and wenches were all thieves; she once lost a salt spoon by one of them whom Master George thought proper to bring to her door for cold victuals […] ”"
Example
More examples"1798, Charlotte Turner Smith, The Young Philosopher, London: T. Cadell, Jun. & W. Davies, Volume 1, Chapter 3, pp. 55-56, Her reasons […] for disliking paupers of every description were entirely on the surface; “she hated them,” she said, “for they were nasty dirty creatures; the fellows and wenches were all thieves; she once lost a salt spoon by one of them whom Master George thought proper to bring to her door for cold victuals […] ”"
Etymology
From salt + spoon.
More for "saltspoon"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.