Spooning is two bodies curling around each other ... a horizontal hug
Sometimes even I think catalogers have too much free time on their hands...
Library of Congress subject authority record for "Spooning (Hugging)"
LC Control Number: sh 99014250
LC Class Number: GT2637
HEADING: Spooning (Hugging)
Used For/See From: Spooning (Sleeping customs)
Search Also Under: Hugging
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Found In: Grace, J. The art of spooning : a cuddler’s handbook, c1998: pp. 12-13 ("Spooning is two bodies curling around each other ... a horizontal hug")
Homearts website, Sept. 27, 1999: Redbook article by Sophie Berger (What your sleeping styles reveal about your marriage. The spoon)