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Spud Island

noun

, Canadian Slang.


Spud Island

noun

  1. a slang name for Prince Edward Island
“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
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Example Sentences

Washington growers also planted fewer plants this year after the potato wart disease was detected on Canada’s “spud island,” one of Washington’s biggest seed suppliers.

The Feb. 6 news article “On Canada’s ‘Spud Island,’ ugly potatoes cause economic pain” highlighted the challenges faced by family farms in producing and distributing the world’s favorite vegetable: potatoes.

A plentiful 2021 yield on “Spud Island” — the Atlantic province that is Canada’s largest producer of the tuber — looked as if it might more than make up for the poor harvests that preceded it.

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