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scad
1[ skad ]
noun
, plural (especially collectively) scad, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) scads.
- any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- any of several related carangid fishes, as of the genera Trachurus or Selar.
scad
2[ skad ]
noun
- Informal. a great number or quantity:
scads of money.
- Archaic. a piece of money; dollar.
scad
/ skæd /
noun
- any of various carangid fishes of the genus Trachurus, esp the horse mackerel
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Word History and Origins
Origin of scad1
First recorded in 1595–1605; origin uncertain
Origin of scad2
1855–60, Americanism; of obscure origin; compare British dial scal ( d ) a great quantity
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Word History and Origins
Origin of scad1
C17: of uncertain origin; compare Swedish skädde flounder
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Example Sentences
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From The Daily Beast
I see a man who looks as though the world had used him bad; it sets my jaded heart aglow to give him half a scad.
From Project Gutenberg
This accordingly doing, we came to the eastern side of Loudon-hill, the trysted place, shortly after the first scad of the dawn.
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