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Silver spoon

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Noun
  1. 1
    Wealth passed down or inherited. idiomatic, uncountable

    "He was born with a silver spoon and an upturned nose. He didn't lose the latter when he squandered the former."

  2. 2
    the inherited wealth of established upper-class families wordnet

Etymology

Rooted in 18th century European table-setting customs, when diners would bring their own utensils to the meal. To distinguish themselves from serfs and peasants, members of the land-owning classes often used silver cutlery, whence the term silverware.

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