= fine, first-rate, of the best.
Synonym: bang-up.
Cf. slapping: very-big, excellent; slapper: anything exceptional.
sort of
»This seemed to sort of lighten the boat.» (Three Men In A Boat 108. 30.)
= seemed to lighten the boat, as it were.
Often spelt and pronounced »sorter.» Compare kind of (»kinder»). Both especially common in American vulgar language and probably imitated from America.
to do spoons
»The girl said he’d gone to do spoons—whatever that may mean.» (Barbara 18. 25.)
A doctor.