eating irons

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eating irons

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humorous, plural, plural only Knife, fork and spoon; cutlery. But I had the unmitigated pleasure of watching a family of four Chinese struggle to use knives and forks to their bacon and eggs. These were the first eating irons I had seen in a long while.

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noun slang: cutlery

Ελληνικά	μαχαιροπήρουνα machairopírouna

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@misc{eating_irons_2026,
  title = {eating irons},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/eating%20irons},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}