Definition of "egg-spoon" [egg-spoon]

• A small, spoon for eating eggs from the shell. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• ""Why?" he said, very alert like some skorry animal with an egg-spoon in its rooker."
• ""I have no opinion, Lachie," said the old man, snuffing rappee with the butt of an egg-spoon and spilling the brown dust in sheer nervousness over the night-shirt bulging above the band of his breeks."
• "In such a case use an egg-spoon of bone, or a small cup."