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Definition of Spadoes
1. spado [n] - See also: spado
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spadoes
Literary usage of Spadoes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sir Thomas Browne's Works: Including His Life and Correspondence by Thomas Browne, Simon Wilkin (1835)
"And this is true, not only in eunuchs by nature, but spadoes by art; for castrated
animals, in every species, are longer lived than they which retain their ..."
2. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Arranged in by Robert Kerr (1824)
"... spadoes, or Spanish swords. This being concluded, I offered my services,
assuring him I had a pretty good ship, and that our cargo was of some value ..."
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