Suspicious : not. f. Large long-handled spoon with hemispherical spoon, with which to serve soup, liquid or pasty dishes.
Hand: shake someone's ladle: shake their hand.
Pass the ladle to someone: give them a hand.
Ladle: approximately, roughly.
Add a ladle: add more.
La Louche: the police.
The ladle: police spy, indic.
Put the ladle in the basket: touch the buttocks of a woman.