Citations:runcible spoon


 * 1871, Edward Lear, “Owl & Pussy-Cat” in Nonsense Songs:
 * They dinèd on mince, and slices of quince, Which they ate with a runcible spoon;
 * 1926, Notes & Queries, v 151, December, p 430:
 * A runcible spoon is a kind of fork with three broad prongs or tines, one having a sharp edge, curved like a spoon, used with pickles, etc.
 * 2006, Lemony Snicket, The End, chapter 4, page 87
 * But the Baudelaires accepted their bowls of ceviche, as well as the strange utensils Friday handed them, which were made of wood and looked like a combination of a fork and a spoon. "They're runcible spoons," Friday explained. "We don't have forks or knives in the colony, as they can be used as weapons."