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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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(Spadeful,) Spaidful, n. [e.m.E. spade-ful (1643); Spad(e n.] The amount that a spade can hold or take up at one time. —1662 Soc. Ant. XXII 229.
Remember when ye delvit your kail yard that Bessie Neil got two spaidful of the kailyard
