Just wondering…

by Caroline on July 10, 2009

What is a ‘runcible spoon’???

Love the sound of it.

“They dined on mince, and slices of quince,
Which they ate with a runcible spoon;”

- Edward Lear

Tagged as: rhymes

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1 wends July 11, 2009 at 8:26 pm

ou know I have no idea and i love it too. We read the owl and the pussycat regularly round ours. its kind of sounds like its a sppon thats gone off though. perhaps I will google it….

2 louise July 13, 2009 at 10:54 am

Of course I had to find out, according to my American Heritage Dictionary a runcible spoon n. A three pronged fork, as a pickle fork, curved like a spoon and having a cutting edge. (Coined by Edward Lear (1812-1888)). This does not however explain runcible cats.

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