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Meaning of spud in English
(Definition of spud from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
spud | American Dictionary
Examples of spud
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Then, as now, the housewife did not wish to peel spuds.
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Last year, a bag of spuds cost £2·80.
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I am happy to say that nearly all military spuds are now peeled by machinery and that squares are mainly left unbashed.
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Do our troops become conscientious objectors, and are they sent to peel the spuds?
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I am glad of the opportunity to introduce a debate on the supply, marketing and prices of the potato, or how did the humble "spud" achieve stardom?
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Spud duty involves peeling a mountain of potatoes.
He proposed fitting canal barges with spud wheels that could propel the vessel by catching on the canal bottom.
With felled timber, bark should be removed in the spring with a shovel, chisel, or bark spud.
This tool is also called a bark spud or a barking iron.
A spud bar with a thickened end can be used to tamp soil.
The word spud traces back to the 16th century.
The initials of the main words in this title gave rise to spud.
The typical structural ironworker tools are the spud wrench, bolt bag, sleever bars, bull pins, drift pins, and beaters.
The spud struck and ruptured a 12-inch submerged natural gas steel pipeline.
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