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spud noun- a potato NEW ZEALAND, 1845
- I understand why girls won’t go / Across a green potato field ... / The young fresh spuds have eyes, you know, / And might unto temptation yield. — Norman Lindsay, Comic Art of Norman Lindsay, p. 105, 1905
- By the way, the steward tells me it will be the last meal with spuds. — Robert S. Close, Love Me Sailor, p. 63, 1945
- CORP: [...] These spuds look like they’re about done, Tich. TICH: Oh–righto mate–thanks. — Clive Exton, No Fixed Abode [Six Granada Plays], p. 124, 1959
- I’ll flatten him with the spud masher one day. — Les Such, A Yen for Yokohama, p. 40, 1963
- — Frank Hardy, The Yarns of Billy Borker, p. 14, 1965
- I got some eggs and bread and spuds. — Darryl Ponicsan, The Last Detail, p. 59, 1970
- — Bill Wannan, Folklore of the Australian Pub, p. 6, 1972
- — Sam Weller, Old Bastards I Have Met, p. 21, 1979
- a trainee UK
- We’ve got a couple of spuds on the shop floor today. — experienced staff member Starbucks, Bristol, 25 November 2001
- a SCUDUS
An obvious rhyme that belittles the enemy’s weaponry. - — The Retired Officer Magazine, p. 39, January 1993
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