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skaddons

skaddons is the plural of skaddon.

Meaning of skaddon

Noun

skaddon (plural skaddons)

  1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) The larva of a bee.
    • The reaſon is, that the vveather keeping them in, they can doe nothing but breed and hatch their schadons: and when they goe abroad, they bring in groſſe Bee meat, Ambroſia and vvater, vvherewith to feed them; but can finde nothing fit to lay vp in ſtore.1623, Charles Butler, The Feminine Monarchie, London: Joseph Haviland, page 92

Questions about skaddons

What is skaddons the plural of?
Skaddons is the plural of skaddon.

Words near skaddons in the dictionary

  1. skabengas
  2. skacid
  3. skacore
  4. skadaddle
  5. skaddon
  6. skaddons
  7. skadoodle
  8. Skadovsk
  9. skaergaardite
  10. Skaff
  11. skaffie

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