coffee spoon


noun

a small spoon used with demitasse cups.

Origin of coffee spoon

First recorded in 1695–1705

Example sentences from the Web for coffee spoon

  • Her directions to Thomas, she half-whispered, or merely signaled them by a wave of her coffee-spoon.

    The Poor Little Rich Girl |Eleanor Gates
  • A coffee-spoon rattled onto the floor, as she turned on him again.

    Lady Lilith |Stephen McKenna
  • Fanny began brushing the crumbs off the table-cloth and playing with the coffee-spoon.

    A Hungarian Nabob |Maurus Jkai
  • I can lift a silver dollar and often carry a coffee-spoon all about the room, so you see I have a very strong bill.