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yauds

yauds is the plural of yaud.

Meaning of yaud

Noun

yaud (plural yauds)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland) A workhorse; an old or worn-out mare.
    • "[…]Nay by my faith, if you be so heavy, I will content me with the best of you, and that's the haunch and the nombles, and e'en heave up the rest on the old oak-tree yonder, and come for it with one of the yauds."1814, Walter Scott, Waverley, Or 'tis Sixty Years Since, volume 2, published 1821, page 98
    Synonyms:
    jade
  2. (Northern England, Scotland) A slovenly woman.

Questions about yauds

What is yauds the plural of?
Yauds is the plural of yaud.

Words near yauds in the dictionary

  1. Yauchs
  2. yaucht
  3. yauchts
  4. Yauco
  5. yaud
  6. yauds
  7. Yauger
  8. Yaugers
  9. Yauhen
  10. Yauheni
  11. Yauhenii

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