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scad.

Any of several fish, of the family Carangidae, from the western Atlantic.

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Meaning & usage

noun/skad//skæd/
  1. Any of several fish, of the family Carangidae, from the western Atlantic.

  2. A large number or quantity.

    Canada · US · in-plural · informal
    scads of money
Where this word comes from

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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