spoons meaning (archaic): definition, quotations

spoons

adj

/spuːnz/

Archaic, Slang Foolishly infatuated with; having a romantic crush on (used with on).

"[…] You look very fit, Grannie, and Jerry says Aunt Mary is too young to be my aunt; I believe he is spoons on her already - what ho! my Uncle Jerry! Come and be introduced."1922, Lydia Miller Middleton, The Happy Adventures:
[…] she will have grown older and wiser by that time; besides, I'm awful spoons on her—she is the sweetest little thing.1876, The Young Ladies' Journal, page 548:

noun

A child's card game.

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music A pair of spoons used as a musical instrument by tapping them on parts of the body.