Schoolboy slang for be quick:
(Cf. expressions as »the ship slipped through the water».)
spoon, spoony
»spooning smutty-faced servant-gals across area railings.» (T. T. T. 157. 3.)
Uneducated young man.
»Spoony couples.» (T. T. T. 129. 24.)
A waiter.
To spoon, originally student-slang = flirt, make love. Spoony = enamoured.
(A spoon, originally = a simpleton, esp. an absurd whole-hearted lover.)