coffee spoons

Small beverage stirrers

Small spoons designed for stirring coffee, typically holding about half a teaspoon.

The phrase carries literary weight from T.S.

Eliot's "The Love Song of J.

Alfred Prufrock," where the speaker has "measured out my life with coffee spoons"—a image of timid, cautious existence defined by trivial routines rather than bold action.

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utensil size

coffee spoonsladles

Deep spoons for serving

tablespoons · serving spoons · soup spoons · measuring cups · wooden spoons

LIFE MEASUREMENT (literary/metaphorical)

coffee spoonsgrand gestures

bold strokes · heroic deeds · epic journeys · quantum leaps · seizing the day

Family

coffee, spoon, coffees, spoons, spooned, spooning, spoonful, spoonfuls

Familiarity
Top 500,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G