1 gen 1699 anni - card spittle

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A spittle was originally a small spade, and that meaning survived in Yorkshire into the late eighteenth century at least (OED). It came also to be used of the peel or ‘shovel’ used by bakers, probably because of its shape and that analogy may explain the rare use of card spittle: 1699-1700 <i>fanned the fire with a card spittle</i> (QS4).

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