spud
Example Sentences
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With spuds a staple on our dinner tables, this is the time of year when early potatoes usually get planted.
From BBC
Vauxhall, 150 miles southeast of Calgary, calls itself the “Potato Capital of the West,” but its spud fields whiff of petroleum because they also sprout oil derricks.
“Alas, poor spud!” she had just done intoning, Hamlet-like, to the withered potato, which was now furry with mold.
From Literature
"The thing is, I really love a right good jacket spud with all the filling in, so I thought, why not?"
From BBC
She believes the spud frenzy is all about the sheer surprise and novelty.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
