cutlery
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The clatter of cutlery as an atmosphere sours over dinner.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
If you do want to sell your silver items — whether it’s a set of cutlery you inherited from grandma or coins you collected long ago — what do you need to know?
From MarketWatch • Dec. 31, 2025
With vivid details and a dose of British humor, Losada relays her failed attempt to have lunch at a Whole Foods store without using its disposable plastic cutlery.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2025
Cups and cutlery skated across the table in the mess.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025
This is what I’m thinking about while I’m unloading the dishwasher, with great care and precision, because Evie is napping and the clatter of cutlery against crockery might wake her up.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
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