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shad-belly
ˈshad-belly U.S. [f. shad n. + belly n.] A Quaker coat, so called from its shape (see quot. 1860), hence a Quaker. More fully shad-belly coat.1842 Philad. Spirit of Times 18 Mar. (Thornton Amer. Gloss.), A gentleman in a shad-belly coat. 1854 J. G. Baldwin Flush Times 67 (Ibid.) He had doffed the ca...
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▪ I. shad, n. (ʃæd) Forms: 1 sceadd, 6–7 shadde, (7 shed), 7, 9 chad, 6– shad. pl. shad, also shads (? 7 shades). [OE. sceadd, of unknown origin; cf. Welsh ysgadan pl. (sing. ysgadanyn), Irish and Gaelic sgadan, herring. The LG. schade shad, herring, may be from Eng.; in Dicts. it has been confused ...
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