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silver spoon

noun

Etymology

Rooted in 18th century European table-setting customs, when diners would bring their own utensils to the meal. To distinguish themselves from serfs and peasants, members of the land-owning classes often used silver cutlery, whence the term silverware.

Definitions

  1. Wealth passed down or inherited.

    • He was born with a silver spoon and an upturned nose. He didn't lose the latter when he squandered the former.
    • Some folks are born silver spoon in hand / Lord, don't they help themselves, yeah

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA