"Slipperspoon"

[Wilson Gray]

On Oct 2, 2004, at 6:55 PM, Sam Clements wrote:

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> This term, using NewspaperArchive, was used in newspaper ads in the
> 1920's
> in Decatur, IL.
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> Sam Clements

Interesting. So, it isn't - or, at least, wasn't - a usage confined to
the South. (When I was in high school in St. Louis, we once roadtripped
to play Decatur High in football. We lost,13-7.)

-Wilson Gray

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> From: "Wilson Gray" <wilson.gray at RCN.COM>
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>> Is "slipperspoon," the local term meaning "shoehorn," used outside of
>> black East Texas? If a slipperspoon wasn't to hand, we would use an
>> actual tablespoon, instead.
>>
>> -Wilson Gray
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