>>The Century dictionary of 1900 adds that it is because spoons
were used to feed infants that they became associated with
foolishness and simpletons.
Before reading about love spoons, I thought "spooning" referred
to the way spoons are laid together in a drawer, fitting closely,
concavity to concavity. Therefore "spooning" was to cuddle.
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