Clydesdale
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Clydesdale
- /ˈklaɪdzdeɪl/
Where it comes from
From Clyde + -s- + dale. The horses were so named because they were bred in the valley of the Clyde in Scotland.
proper noun
- The valley of the River Clyde in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS91).
- A former district of Strathclyde, Scotland, renamed from Lanark in 1980, and abolished in 1996 along with the region.
- A community in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- A town in Harry Gwala District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa.
- A locality in the Singleton council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- A rural locality in the Shire of Hepburn, Victoria, Australia.
noun Clydesdales
- A particularly large and powerful breed of draught horse; an individual of this breed. The Clydesdale was developed in the seventeenth century in the Scottish region whence its name.
- A heavier than usual athlete (Over 200 lbs for men, over 145 lbs for women)
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A very morbidly obese person.
Similar: All are derogatory unless otherwise labeled, butterball, chod, chodder, chubbs, chubster, chunker, chunky monkey, elephant, fat, fatfuck, fatso
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