Meanings
nounspag bol (usually uncountable, plural spag bols)
plural spag bols · alternative spag bog
- UKabbreviationclippingcolloquialuncountableusuallyClipping of spaghetti bolognese.
At the time I started making it, it didn't seem unusual to me that my spag bol was constituted from the contents of tins and jars—pretty much everything we ate back then was.
2019, Pete Brown, Pie Fidelity: In Defence of British Food, Penguin, →ISBN
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Origin
1970s, of uncertain origin, perhaps UK or Australia.
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APA
spag bol. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spag%20bol
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Chicago
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