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spoon back

noun

  1. a back of a chair or the like, having a splat curved outward at the bottom.


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She tasted the consommé gingerly, then took another spoonful, and hurriedly put the spoon back in the dish.

Then he put the jar and the spoon back, laid the lid on the box and put it back in the chest.

His later examples had a hollowed or spoon back to fit the body of the sitter.

She was glad to get her spoon back again, and piggy was glad to have it taken from the trough.

"Don't end up like him," he warned Ijale, pointing his spoon back over his shoulder.

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