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Shaddock

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A large kind of orange, so called from Captain Shaddock, who first transplanted one in the West Indies. It is a native of China and Japan.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Sèvres Ware
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Sexagesima Sunday
Sextile
Sexton
Seyd [Seed]
Sforza
Shack
Shaddock
Shades
Shadoff or Shadoof
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Shadow (To)
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Shafites
Shaft
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