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n. - A wad of something chewable as tobacco; Food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again.

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  • O, da karnij..cud lectocyoot sum inosint maus, or cud put eye aut!
  • Placid is one word, stupidly stitting around chewing the cud is another.
  • Rottie, a ruminant ruminates, i.e. chews his cud, which is the food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again.
  • "cud" and then chew with there mouth wide open ...
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  • When I was little, I "could" (past tense of can) watch the cows chew their "cud" (food that cows return to their mouths from their stomachs to be rechewed) all day.
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