English Explanatory Dictionary

spondonicles

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A metal tool used to pick up a hot pot or billycan which has been on a campfire or other heat source.

Pronunciation

spŏndŏnəklz /spɔnˈdɔnəkl̩z/ en-au-spondonicals-spondonicles.ogg

Word forms

spondonicles spondonicle spondonicals

Etymology

Rumoured to have first been used in a film by The Three Stooges, in which the term was allegedly used to refer to an unknown medical instrument used in a surgery.

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