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spaddle

noun

Etymology

Probably spade + -le, but compare spattle and paddle.

  1. inherited from *spadô✻
  2. inherited from spada
  3. inherited from spade
  4. suffixed as spaddle — “spade + le”

Definitions

  1. A little spade.

  2. A kitchen tool that is flattened at one end, similar to a spatula, usually made of wood…

    A kitchen tool that is flattened at one end, similar to a spatula, usually made of wood or copper.

    • Pick the stalks from the strawberries, and put them into a large copper preserving pan; mash them with your spaddle to break them as much as you can;

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