scad

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scad

/skad/
/skæd/

Rhymes with -æd

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Unknown, early 17th century, perhaps related to shad. In sense “large amount”, US 1869, of unknown origin, presumably from large shoals/schools of the fish.

noun scads · scad

Any of several fish, of the family Carangidae, from the western Atlantic.
Canada, US, in plural, informal A large number or quantity. scads of money
Similar: abundance, battalion, arseload, assload, bellyload, boatload, brimful, busload, bucketful, bucketload, butt-ton, bumload

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noun fish

Deutsch	Stöcker, Bastardmakrele

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@misc{scad_2026,
  title = {scad},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/scad},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}