sucket fork

[suhk-it]

sucket fork

[suhk-it]
noun
a utensil for sweetmeats of the 16th, 17th, and early 18th centuries, having fork tines at one end and a spoon bowl at the other end of a common stem.

Origin:
sucket, alteration of succade candied fruit < Anglo-French sukade, dialectal Old French (northeast) succade
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Sucket fork is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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