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quod

American  
[kwod] / kwɒd /

noun

Chiefly British Slang.
  1. jail.


quod British  
/ kwɒd /

noun

  1. a slang word for jail

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of quod

First recorded in 1690–1700; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

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The unassuming beetle, one might argue, is an exemplar of one of Brown’s favorite Jesuit adages: Age quod agis.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2023

He might usefully have concluded his column with the letters we had to put next to solved mathematical equations: QED — quod erat demonstrandum — just to prove his point.

From Washington Post • Nov. 1, 2019

To quod a person is to send him to gaol.

From The Guardian • Aug. 19, 2019

Applicatio autem non est necessarium quod carmine Manilius, celeriter eo iustitia.

From Slate • Feb. 11, 2013

QED: quod erat demonstrandum, Latin for “which was to be demonstrated or proved.”

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman