Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A scoop-shaped instrument formerly used in eating apples.

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Examples

  • And when she discovered that her chest of drawers had been opened with an indifferent chisel, and that a silver watch of her grandfather's -- weighing one pound and a quarter -- had disappeared, along with an apple-scoop, also of precious metal, belonging to her late husband, who was "gummy," Mrs. Kibbey became a physical wreck, fit for nothing, and comprehending next to nothing.

    The Idler Magazine, Volume III, March 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Various

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