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spade.

field cook

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈspɑde/[ˈs̠pɑ̝de̞]
  1. field cook

    slang
Where this word comes from

Possibly from pata (“pot”) (perhaps through English spade, since spades (the card suit) are also called pata in Finnish).

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