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And just in case you ever wondered?...

"They dined on quince—and slices of mince,

Served up with a runcible spoon"

As of the 1940s a combination utensil of spoon and fork, the spork has been in use. Likewise a woon is a small wooden spoon commonly used for eating ice cream, cakes and "malts". The runcible spoon, is a spork with a cutting edge like a knife.

runcible spoon

run·ci·ble spoon

Pronunciation: 'r&n(t)-s&-b&l-

Function: noun

Etymology: coined with an obscure meaning by Edward Lear

: a sharp-edged fork with three broad curved prongs

runcible

1871, a nonsense word coined by Edward Lear; used especially in runcible spoon "spoon with three short tines like a fork," which first took the name 1926.

(image) 1847 Runcible Spoon 'Charles Boyton'

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