spud-bashing

A form of spud bashing — The chore of peeling potatoes, especially when given as a punishment.

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Meanings

nounspud-bashing (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of spud bashing.

    Anything from dishwashing to salvage, from spud-bashing to coal-heaving.

    2010, Arnold Wesker, Political Plays, →ISBN, page 61
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    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

    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
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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