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The tiny arsenal you deploy three times a day against dinner.
means The forks, knives, and spoons used to cut, scoop, and spear your food at the table.
from From the Old French coutelier, the maker of knives, rooted in Latin cultellus, a little knife — so the whole drawer is named after the one piece that draws blood.
Knife firstForks arrived centuries later, deemed scandalously decadent.
Eating toolAmericans say silverware, even when it is steel.
Fork fearEarly forks were mocked as forbidden, devilish ostentation.