vbl. sb. [f. SPOON v.2 6.] Courting or love-making of a sentimental kind.
1872. Lever, Ld. Kilgobbin, lxx. That coquetry of admiration and flattery which, in the language of slang, is called spooning.
1891. Baring-Gould, In Troubadour-Land, ix. Raymond,… not seeing the fun of this romantic spooning of his wife, waylaid and slew him.
attrib. 1880. Miss Braddon, Just as I am, vii. Did the spooning process seem a little flat this evening?
