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spoons en · ADJ

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  1. (archaic, not-comparable, slang) Foolishly infatuated with; having a romantic crush on (used with on).
    • "[…] You look very fit, Grannie, and Jerry says Aunt Mary is too young to be my aunt; I believe he is spoons on her already - what ho! my Uncle Jerry! Come and be introduced." 1922, Lydia Miller Middleton, The Happy Adventures:
    • […] she will have grown older and wiser by that time; besides, I'm awful spoons on her—she is the sweetest little thing. 1876, The Young Ladies' Journal, page 548:

spoons en · NOUN

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  1. (form-of, plural) plural of spoon
    form of spoon
  2. (plural, plural-only) A child's card game.
  3. (plural, plural-only) A pair of spoons used as a musical instrument by tapping them on parts of the body.

Deriveds

spoonist

Relateds

bones

spoons en · VERB

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  1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of spoon
    form of spoon

Relateds

spoonie