Spadish Language (In)

In plain English without euphuism, calling a spade a “spade.”

“Had I attempted to express my opinions in full ‘Spadishʹ language I should have had to say many harder things.”—Fra Olla.

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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.