"large amounts," 1869, Amer.Eng., earlier "dollar" (1858, usually in plural), of uncertain origin. Unknown connection to scad (c.1600), a Cornish name for a type of fish abundant on the British coast, which probably is a variant of shad (q.v.).
n. lots (of something). : I have just scads and scads of paper.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
There are scads of ideas and not enough resources to try them all.
It's the scads of fixed-gear, town, single-speed and other urban bicycles that are drawing the crowds.