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noun

Spud n.

A sharp, narrow spade, usually with a long handle, used by farmers for digging up large-rooted weeds; a similarly shaped implement used for various purposes. "My spud these nettles from the stone can part."

A dagger. (Obs.)

Anything short and thick; specifically, a piece of dough boiled in fat. (Local, U.S.)

A potato. (Colloq.)

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Etymology of 'Spud'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Spud" Quotes from Famous Books

... Marguerite said: "The pears will soon bud." Sister Angelique said she must get her spud And free the earth round the jasmine roots. Sister Veronique said: "Oh, look at those shoots! There's a crocus up, With a ...

— Sword Blades and Poppy Seed • Amy Lowell

... come to a worse end if she lived, there was no knowing; and Mr. Pullet, confused and overwhelmed by this revolutionary aspect of things,—the tea deferred and the poultry alarmed by the unusual running to and fro,—took up his spud as an instrument of search, and reached down a key to unlock the goose-pen, as a likely place for ...

— The Mill on the Floss • George Eliot

Words linked to "Spud" : solanaceous vegetable, germinate, Irish potato, grow, burgeon forth, sprout, murphy, mashed potato, drill, baked potato, hand shovel, root vegetable, white potato, Uruguay potato, shoot, Solanum tuberosum, french fries, bore, chips, fries