10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPUD-BASHING»
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spud-bashing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
[From earlier sense, small narrow spade.] spud barber noun jocularApotato
peeler. 1935–. G. FOULSER The galley-boy [was] just a spudbarber after all (
1961). spud-bashing noun Brit, orig services' (A lengthy spell of) peeling potatoes
. 1940– ...
John Ayto, John Simpson, 2010
2
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Cf. HAuueRs' SLANG, in Appendix. spud-bashing. Kitchen fatigues: Services':
since ca. 1920. (Daily Mail, 7 Sep. 1940.) Cf. jungle-bashing, square-bashing, etc
. spud-grinder (or solid). The gullet; e.g. in the ferocious threat 'Shut your crunch ...
3
Musings of a Middleton Boy
Spud-bashing. Woes ... if any would not work, neither should he eat. The Bible: 2
Thessalonians 3:10 GOWERTON Boys Grammar School was closed for the
summer. All GCE exams had been completed. Suddenly all those months of
mental ...
4
Up to Their Necks - the Story of a National Serviceman
'Woor Iate te start spud bashing'. Not very happy about spud bashing, certainly
not at that particular time questioned. 'Wot about the others?' 'Nae Ieef em thae
nae fit anyway ye ken. C'mon were exscuused mooster.' Leaving them, made our
...
5
The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
... p 132, 1995 spud-bashing noun potato peeling; hence, kitchen fatigues UK
Military, combining SPUD (a potato) with the suffix -BASHING (vigorous
compulsory activity). spud cocky noun a potato farmer AUSTRALIA, 19SO
spudge verb to ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
6
Absent: The English Teacher
“How are you getting on with the spud-bashing?” “Spud-bashing?” “Peeling the
potatoes. It's slang.” “I'm on my fourth.” “Good. Now let's get back to your
homework. Notice the first line of the play begins with a question. That's good
drama.
7
Safire's Political Dictionary
By 1940, the peeling of potatoes was known as spud-bashing. A driving force
behind this counterattacking form is The Economist, a London weekly. In 1975,
this publication coined Commie-basher for Jacques Chirac, the French Gaullist ...
8
Chembers 21 Century Dictionary
14c as spudde short knife spud-bashing c- noun, slang the job of peeling lots of
potatoes, especially as a punishment for some misdemeanour by a member of
the armed forces. spumante /spu:'manti, spin:- :.-•- noun a sparkling, usually
sweet ...
9
Chambers Pocket Dictionary
... 1 making strong, and usu. unjustified, physical or verbal attacks on a person or
group of people one dislikes: union-bashing. 2 any of various other activities:
Bible-bashing (i.e. enthusiastic evangelical Christian preaching), spud-bashing (
i.e. ...
Elaine Higgleton, Howard Sargeant, Anne Seaton, 1992
10
Grand Dictionnaire Hachette-Oxford
... rythmique irrégulière spry /spraI/ adj alerte, gaillard SPUC n GB (abrév =
Society for the ProtecVtion of the Unborn Child) société contre l'avortement spud,
/spVd/ n patate, f, pommefde terre spud bashing, n GB argot des militaires
corvéef de ...
Marie-Hélène Corréard, Valerie Grundy, Jean-Benoit Ormal-Grenon, 2007
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPUD-BASHING»
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spud-bashing is used in the context of the following news items.
National Service by Richard Vinen review – a strange social …
You might have thought that a 600-page work, including appendices and notes, on national service would be as compelling as a spell of spud-bashing in the ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
Living the high life working at old BHS
In between spud-bashing, I did washing up. "On my third week, I accidentally locked myself in the walk-in fridge. After much door-banging, I was freed by one of ... «Leicester Mercury, May 15»
Pub review: The Pear Tree, Huddersfield Road, Mirfield
But that marathon spud-bashing session proved the foundation of a career on the front line of catering: “I watched what the chef was up to, and that made me ... «Yorkshire Evening Post, Aug 14»
Brave WWI messenger honoured with Victoria Cross
While still in the army Counter was promoted to Corporal, a rank, friends were told, he only accepted to avoid the indignity of spud-bashing. Certainly he never ... «Dorset Echo, Aug 14»
