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spud-bashing en · NOUN

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  1. (alt-of, alternative, uncountable) Alternative form of spud bashing.
    • Most of the work was classed as spud-bashing; each volunteer squatted on an unturned bucket and with a sharp knife peeled potatoes from one pile and then threw them on another. 2001, James Leasor, The Marine from Mandalay, →ISBN, page 7:
    • Anything from dishwashing to salvage, from spud-bashing to coal-heaving. 2010, Arnold Wesker, Political Plays, →ISBN, page 61:
    • For these first few weeks you do your basic training: square-bashing, spud-bashing, a bit of cryptography, a bit of sea-time, then you learn your Russian and play at being spies, right? 2006, Jack Rosenthal, By Jack Rosenthal: An Autobiography in Six Acts, →ISBN, page 83: