soup-ladle

It must be confessed, however, that he still retained from his former possessions six silver knives and forks and a soup-ladle, which Madame

Les Miserables 2008

The smash of the soup-tureen, and swift descent of the kitchen-maid and soup-ladle down the stairs to the lower regions.

A Little Dinner at Timmins’s 2006

The instrument was not bigger than a soup-ladle, with a long straight handle, but its music pleased the performer; for his eyes rolled shining about, and his head wagged, and he grinned with an innocent intensity of enjoyment that did one good to look at.

Notes of a Journey From Cornhill to Grand Cairo 2004

Said they, "If Cleon had not had the power, we should have lacked two most useful tools, the pestle and the soup-ladle."

The Knights 2000

Mrs. Sufyan, meanwhile, had been horrified by the sight of her younger daughter actually laying hands on the creature, and turning to the gallery of nightgowned residents she waved a soup-ladle at them and pleaded for support.

The Satanic Verses Rushdie, Salman 1967

Cuffee, I'd advise you not to be so handy with your soup-ladle again in striking your brother darkey, before ascertaining what he wants when he comes to your galley, and who sent him.

The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea J. [Illustrator] Schonberg

Then he cooked the things over a fire in the bushes, and when it got to be late in the afternoon, he spread a tablecloth on a big stump and then he pounded on his stew-pan with his soup-ladle.

The Book of Stories for the Story-teller Fanny E. Coe

Roars of laughter succeeded, and a teacup did duty for the soup-ladle.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 353, January 24, 1829 Various

Also -- an admirable result, which should rejoice the old watch-maker's shade -- his son had become a gentleman, a functionary, so splendidly remunerated by the State that he was obliged to wear patches of cloth, as near like the trousers as possible, on their seat; and his poor young wife, during her life, had always been obliged, as rent-day drew near, to carry the soup-ladle and six silver covers to the pawn-shop.

The French Immortals Series — Complete Various

Knowing Hicks to be as much at home in the water as a fish in an aquarium, the hilarious squad on shore prepared to jeer his reappearance above the water; however, their program was interrupted by old Hinky-Dink, who stood in the cook-tent doorway, belaboring a dishpan lustily with a soup-ladle, and shouting:

T. Haviland Hicks Senior J. Raymond Elderdice