SPUD


Meaning of SPUD in English

/ spʌd; NAmE / noun

( especially BrE , informal ) a potato

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WORD ORIGIN

late Middle English (denoting a short knife): of unknown origin. The sense potato (dating from the mid 19th cent.) was originally slang and dialect.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.