monkey spoon

noun

A type of handmade ladle or spoon that was used to celebrate weddings and to honor the dead, primarily used by the Dutch settlers of the New York and Hudson River area and in the Netherlands.

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Meanings

nounmonkey spoon (plural monkey spoons)

plural monkey spoons

  1. historicalfolk artA type of handmade ladle or spoon that was used to celebrate weddings and to honor the dead, primarily used by the Dutch settlers of the New York and Hudson River area and in the Netherlands.
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APA

monkey spoon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monkey%20spoon

MLA

“monkey spoon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monkey%20spoon. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “monkey spoon,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monkey%20spoon.

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