Definitions
any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae
Word origin
Unknown, early 17th century, perhaps related to shad. In sense “large amount”, US 1869, of unknown origin, presumably from large shoals/schools of the fish.
Used in a sentence
“scads of money”
“it will surely rust, take on a loud of stains and pits, acquire a scad of dust.”
“You take temporary employment for office employees and there are a whole scad of people doing that and nothing else.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Carangid swimmer”4 letters
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