You're right, peeling a spud is a total waste of time. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition] Reference
Once a week we sneak a spud into the diet The weekly indulging of the potatoes came right at the time of the outage. From Wordnik.com. [Where were you when the lights went out?] Reference
My husband and I were wondering where the word "spud" originated. From Wordnik.com. [et patati et patata - French Word-A-Day] Reference
Perhaps the simplest is an old-fashioned "spud" bar which your grandfather may have used on his ice fishing trips. From Wordnik.com. [I am just starting out in ice fishing. I want to know what is the best way to get started and what do i need?] Reference
And likewise the 'spud' thing: be my guest: give that funny old Irish nickname a good old dust-down, why don't you?. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?] Reference
95 A "spud" is actually a small narrow flat spade often used for digging potatoes. From Wordnik.com. [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
The spud is a Twilight fan. From Wordnik.com. [Bitchypoo] Reference
How did a spud like that ever get into the Senate?. From Wordnik.com. [Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Kentucky GOP Pushing Anti-Gay Message In Final Days Of Gov Race] Reference
The head gardener came by with a spud in his hand. From Wordnik.com. [Swan Song] Reference
Nothin' like spud lovin' to brighten up a day, eh?. From Wordnik.com. [Round Robin Challenge] Reference
Flint spud, two drain scoops, bull lead and five dibbles. From Wordnik.com. [Highways & Byways in Sussex] Reference
No hostile forms with axe or spud now visit these solitudes. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866] Reference
Oh, it's so nice to have a big, strong spud around the house. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 24, 2007] Reference
This is one spud that you must add to your gift list this year. From Wordnik.com. [SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles - Part 1105] Reference
Smashed potatoes: Fancy name for a cooked spud hit with a heavy mallet. From Wordnik.com. [Pile It On] Reference
Again he caught a glimpse of the boy's arm amid all that spud and foam. From Wordnik.com. [The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour, or, The Mystery of Rattlesnake Mountain] Reference
And good news, this special spud is not going to end up as French fries. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 21, 2008] Reference
A small baked spud can actually clear away some of those upsetting acids. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 10, 2007] Reference
Five short prongs, flint spud, dung drag, two turnip pecks, and two shovels. From Wordnik.com. [Highways & Byways in Sussex] Reference
But no, you could hate machismo and still be a big soft spud with two earrings. From Wordnik.com. [Beard] Reference
"A relief well was spud yesterday, which will take 90 days to complete," Gheit said. From Wordnik.com. [Gulf Oil Leak Wreaks Havoc On Stocks And Coast] Reference
Which vegetables to go for after the quintessential, omnipresent yet undervalued spud?. From Wordnik.com. [The Humble Spud] Reference
In Chile, agriculture experts assert the spud is native to Chile's island of Tule (ph). From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 31, 2006] Reference
In the tail there is a square hole called the "hardie" hole and a round one called the "spud" hole. From Wordnik.com. [Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon] Reference
This woman in Columbia, South Carolina found this spud in the bottom of a bag of potatoes that she bought. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 22, 2006] Reference
Chappell, who grew the new spud in his own garden, has reportedly received big offers to divulge his secret. From Wordnik.com. [Better Spud] Reference
The first time I heard Billy Preston, I must have been about 5 years old — a couch spud, not yet even a potato. From Wordnik.com. [Goodbye, Billy] Reference
The dredger cuts by swinging on a center spud 16 in. in diameter, and moves forward from 8 to 10 ft. at each fleet. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887] Reference
Antoine Augustin Parmentier, the French 18th-century pharmacist and agriculturist, was a champion of the humble spud. From Wordnik.com. [Groundwork: Spud time] Reference
This spud was highly laced with pesticides -- 36, according to the EWG -- that are needed to prevent pests and diseases. From Wordnik.com. [10 Dirty (Plus 5 Clean) Fruits And Veggies] Reference
Just for pouring down him a few tumblerfuls of a mixture of arrack and spud-spirit that he'd bought for his damned Caliban!. From Wordnik.com. [Ambrotox and Limping Dick] Reference
Fortune 500), he couldn't believe the other traders on the commodities desk didn't know what it meant to "spud" an oil well. From Wordnik.com. [Business and financial news - CNNMoney.com] Reference
First I'll go an 'git a bite er grub, jist a spud er two an' a dish o 'tea; likely th' old woman has some brooze fer me, waitin '. From Wordnik.com. [Sweetapple Cove] Reference
Other rats had been fed natural potatoes spiked with the same amount of GNA insecticide that the GM spud produced — and they did fine. From Wordnik.com. [Jeffrey Smith: Anniversary of a Whistleblowing Hero] Reference
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