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buckets and spades

buckets and spades is the plural of bucket and spade.

Meaning of bucket and spade

Noun

bucket and spade (plural buckets and spades)

  1. A child’s toy, consisting of a (usually plastic) bucket and spade, used for building simple sandcastles at the beach.
    • And as a marker of the Edwardians, both embody the pleasure principle and have (in my view) a certain bucket-n-spade frivolity to them.2021 January 13, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Spectacular funiculars”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 54
  2. (attributive) Denoting traditional seaside leisure activities.
    • the bucket and spade brigade

Questions about buckets and spades

What is buckets and spades the plural of?
Buckets and spades is the plural of bucket and spade.

Words near buckets and spades in the dictionary

  1. bucketmouth
  2. bucketmouths
  3. bucketry
  4. buckets
  5. buckets about
  6. buckets and spades
  7. buckets down
  8. buckets of blood
  9. buckets of bolts
  10. buckets of rust
  11. buckets of sunshine

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