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Scad

//skad// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of several fish, of the family Carangidae, from the western Atlantic.
  2. 2
    any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae wordnet
  3. 3
    A large number or quantity. Canada, US, in-plural, informal

    "scads of money"

Etymology

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.

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