runciblespoon

runciblespoon
run·ci·ble spoon (rŭnʹsə-bəl) n.
A three-pronged fork, such as a pickle fork, curved like a spoon and having a cutting edge.
  [Coined by Edward Lear, perhaps alteration of rounceval, big woman, large pea, wart, monster, huge, fromRoncevaux (Roncesvalles), site where giant bones were found.]

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