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• spud-bashing

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spud-bashing (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of spud bashing
   • 2001, James Leasor, The Marine from Mandalay, →ISBN, page 7:

     Most of the work was classed as spud-bashing; each volunteer squatted on an unturned bucket and with a sharp knife peeled potatoes from one pile and then threw them on another.

   • 2006, Jack Rosenthal, By Jack Rosenthal: An Autobiography in Six Acts, →ISBN, page 83:

     For these first few weeks you do your basic training: square-bashing, spud-bashing, a bit of cryptography, a bit of sea-time, then you learn your Russian and play at being spies, right?

   • 2010, Arnold Wesker, Political Plays, →ISBN, page 61:

     Anything from dishwashing to salvage, from spud-bashing to coal-heaving.