spondonicles

Spondonicles (right of image, being held by hand) in use

Meaning

Noun

  • A metal tool used to pick up a hot pot or billycan which has been on a campfire or other heat source.

Origin

  • Rumoured to have first been used in a film by The Three Stooges, in which the term was allegedly used to refer to an unknown medical instrument used in a surgery.

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