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sladd

Pronunciation: /slad/

“sladd” is a Swedish word. Its 7 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a cord, a cable, (UK) a lead ((insulated, relatively thin) wire between a power outlet and a device or machine)
  2. a skid, a sideways or oblique slide, (when deliberate) a drift (of a vehicle or the like)
  3. the end of a line
  4. a trailing part; a trailing bonus chance, an extra
  5. the end of a filmstrip
  6. a clodcrusher (farming tool)
  7. a driveway groomer (road construction tool for maintaining gravel roads)

Etymology

Two main etymologies are 1) end, leftovers, same as slatt, 2) from sladda (“to slide, to skid”), related to släde (“a sled, a sleigh”). However, some meanings are a mix of the two: Komma på sladden, sladdbarn, meaning a trailing bonus chance, can refer either to leftovers or to the trailing sled. Compare Low German sladde ("cloth"). Rope's end, the sailor's term, has been used since 1736, coming…

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