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SPOONER

Date "SPOONER" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1876. (references)


Specialty Definition: SPOONER

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Mining

In bituminous coal mining, a laborer who scoops drillings out of boreholes in which explosives are to be charged for blasting down coal, using a slender iron rod with a cup-shaped projection bent at right angles to thehandle. (references)

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Specialty Definition: Spooner (city), Wisconsin

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Spooner is a city located in Washburn County, Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 2,653.

Geography


According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 8.0 km² (3.1 mi²). 7.8 km² (3.0 mi²) of it is land and 0.2 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 2.26% water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 2,653 people, 1,148 households, and 662 families residing in the city. The population density is 338.1/km² (875.9/mi²). There are 1,249 housing units at an average density of 159.2 persons/km² (412.4 persons/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 95.97% White, 0.41% African American, 2.04% Native American, 0.04% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.38% from other races, and 1.17% from two or more races. 1.21% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 1,148 households out of which 27.4% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.4% are married couples living together, 11.1% have a woman whose husband does not live with her, and 42.3% are non-families. 37.8% of all households are made up of individuals and 20.4% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.22 and the average family size is 2.90. In the city the population is spread out with 24.0% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 24.3% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 22.8% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 41 years. For every 100 females there are 85.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 77.8 males. The median income for a household in the city is $27,768, and the median income for a family is $39,677. Males have a median income of $31,133 versus $18,167 for females. The per capita income for the city is $16,390. 11.9% of the population and 7.6% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 12.7% are under the age of 18 and 10.5% are 65 or older.



Spooner (town), Wisconsin

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Spooner is a town located in Washburn County, Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 677.

Geography


According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 53.9 km² (20.8 mi²). 48.8 km² (18.9 mi²) of it is land and 5.1 km² (2.0 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 9.41% water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 677 people, 259 households, and 203 families residing in the town. The population density is 13.9/km² (35.9/mi²). There are 383 housing units at an average density of 7.8 persons/km² (20.3 persons/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 96.31% White, 0.74% African American, 1.18% Native American, 0.59% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 1.18% from two or more races. 1.03% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 259 households out of which 34.0% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.3% are married couples living together, 8.5% have a woman whose husband does not live with her, and 21.6% are non-families. 18.1% of all households are made up of individuals and 6.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.61 and the average family size is 2.94. In the town the population is spread out with 25.7% under the age of 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 24.4% from 25 to 44, 30.4% from 45 to 64, and 13.9% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 42 years. For every 100 females there are 113.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 106.1 males. The median income for a household in the town is $41,458, and the median income for a family is $44,375. Males have a median income of $31,136 versus $21,667 for females. The per capita income for the town is $17,133. 4.9% of the population and 5.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 4.4% are under the age of 18 and 5.8% are 65 or older.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Spooner (city), Wisconsin."

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Crosswords: SPOONER

Specialty definitions using "SPOONER": RALPH SPOONER. (references)

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Commercial Usage: SPOONER

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Books

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Photo Album: SPOONER

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Research on the relationship between virus diseases and malaria in mosquitoes. / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Spooner..

[Leukemia and chromosome research in England] / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Spooner..

Sponsor's party at the ship's launching, at Kewaunee, Wisconsin, 16 April 1944. The sponsor, Mrs. C.L. Duvall, is in the right foreground. She was the mother of Lieutenant C.G. Duvall, USAAC, who had recently been killed in the crash of a bomber. Also present are (from left to right): H.C. Brogan, Vice President and General Manager, Kewaunee Shipbuilding & Engineering Corporation; C.L. Duvall, Mayor of Kewaunee, Wisc.; and The Reverend L.A. Spooner, of the Kewaunee Congregational Church, who delivered the invocation at the ceremonies. FP-344 was later renamed FS-344. Transferred to the Navy in 1966, she became USS Pueblo (AGER-2). Credit: NAVY.

Scoreboard at the Vanderbilt cup race, for racing cars sponsored by W.K. Vanderbilt, Jr.] / p. Credit: Library of Congress; photo by F. Ed. Spooner..

Tracey finishing in the Vanderbilt cup race, for racing cars sponsored by W.K. Vanderbilt, Jr.] / p. Credit: Library of Congress; photo by F. Ed. Spooner..

Ex-lumberjack, resident of Northern Minnesota Pioneers' Home. Spooner, Minnesota. Credit: Library of Congress.

Old lumberjack now living in Northern Minnesota Pioneers' Home. Spooner, Minnesota. Credit: Library of Congress.

Finnish lumberjack, now ninety years old, a resident of Northern Minnesota Pioneers' Home. Spooner, Minnesota. Credit: Library of Congress.

Former lumberjacks, now residents of Northern Minnesota Pioneers' Home, Spooner, Minnesota. Credit: Library of Congress.

Miss Allie Spooner with The Spooner Dramatic Co. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Usage Frequency: SPOONER

"SPOONER" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "SPOONER" is used about 60 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words		Rank in English
Noun (proper)100%6043,597

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: SPOONER

The following table summarizes the usage of "SPOONER" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons		Rank in USA
SpoonerLast name4,0003,475
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Cities: SPOONER


1. Spooner, WI (city, FIPS 75625)
Location: 45.82453 N, 91.89350 W
Population (1990): 2464 (1151 housing units)
Area: 7.5 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 54801
Country: USA

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: SPOONER

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day		ExpressionFrequency
per Day

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210

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4

reyn spooner

151

john spooner

4

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54

hotel spooner

4

ncaa reyn shirt spooner team

33

spooner wisconsin motel

3

ncaa reyn shirts,ncaa spooner team team

30

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3

fisher spooner

22

ryen spooner

3

advocate spooner

20

richard spooner

3

fischer spooner

18

jason spooner

3

reyn spooner shirt

16

darren spooner

3

casey spooner

13

g john spooner

3

rodeo spooner

12

casey pic spooner

2

spooner lake

8

christy spooner

2

farm spooner

6

resort spooner wisconsin

2

reyn spooner hawaiian shirt

5

club golf spooner

2

ley spooner

5

physical spooner therapy

2

lysander spooner

5

rodeo spooner wi

2

spooner wisconsin real estate

5

real estate spooner wi

2

robert spooner

5

bill spooner

2

melissa spooner

4

spooner steve

2

ncaa ncaa reyn shirt spooner team team

4

david spooner

2

martha spooner

2
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Modern Translation: SPOONER

Language Translations for "SPOONER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Vietnamese 

  

người nói ngọng. (various references)

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Derivations: SPOONER

Derivations

Words beginning with "SPOONER": spoonerism, spoonerisms. (additional references)

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Anagrams: SPOONER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: operons, snooper.

Words within the letters "e-n-o-o-p-r-s"

-1 letter: nooser, operon, person, pornos, porose, sooner.

-2 letters: noose, opens, peons, pones, poons, pores, porno, porns, poser, prone, prose, proso, repos, roose, ropes, senor, snoop, snore, sopor, spoon, spoor, spore.

-3 letters: eons, epos, erns, eros, noes, nope, nose, ones, oops, open, opes, ores, pens, peon, peso, pone, pons, poon, poor, pore, porn, pose, pros.

 Words containing the letters "e-n-o-o-p-r-s"
 

+1 letter: poisoner, poorness, prognose, propones, snoopers, snoopier, spoonier.

 

+2 letters: cornpones, endospore, gonopores, neomorphs, nonperson, noosphere, openworks, pecorinos, poisoners, ponderosa, ponderous, postponer, prognosed, prognoses, prolonges, propenols, sponsored, stonecrop.

 

+3 letters: coprisoner, correspond, desorption, endomorphs, endospores, entoprocts, entropions, forespoken, gonophores, gynophores, harpooners, ionophores, ionosphere, isoprenoid, lampooners, morphogens, necropoles, necropolis, neotropics, neurospora, nonpersons, nonprossed, nonprosses, noospheres, operations, oppression, personator, personhood, pheromones, ponderosas, poornesses, porousness, portentous, postmodern, postponers, prenotions, procession, profession, prolongers, pronatores, pronephros, pronounces, proponents, protonates, provolones, reopposing, reposition, resorption, responsory, spoonerism, sporogenic, stonecrops.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Photo Album 		5. Usage Frequency
6. Names: Frequency
7. Cities
8. Expressions: Internet 		9. Translations: Modern
10. Derivations
11. Anagrams
12. Bibliography


  

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