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Grammar : Noun
Spell : kwid
Phonetic Transcription : kwɪd



Définition of quid

Origin :
  • "bite-sized piece" (of tobacco, etc.), 1727, dialectal variant of Middle English cudde, from Old English cudu, cwidu (see cud).
  • As in cud : noun ruminant food
Example sentences :
  • When he had finished, Klaus sat for a while in silence, chewing his quid.
  • Extract from : « The Great Hunger » by Johan Bojer
  • He paused, looked hard at me, and turned his quid reflectively.
  • Extract from : « In Direst Peril » by David Christie Murray
  • I did and in the parlor was the biggest kind of an ox standing there chewing his quid.
  • Extract from : « Old Rail Fence Corners » by Various
  • There is no longer any quid pro quo for her alliance with France.
  • Extract from : « Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • Now my dear old Lizzie, don't pretend to be shocked at the word 'quid.'
  • Extract from : « Tom Gerrard » by Louis Becke
  • Side gliding to the stove, the cowboy delivered up his quid.
  • Extract from : « The Rich Little Poor Boy » by Eleanor Gates
  • There was the offensive spot, and there was Tom Spink, his cheek bulging with a quid.
  • Extract from : « The Mutiny of the Elsinore » by Jack London
  • So much for one of the component parts of this singular Oriental “quid.”
  • Extract from : « The Plant Hunters » by Mayne Reid
  • Often were we obliged to tell pater Philip to take his quid out of his mouth, that we might hear what he attempted to articulate.
  • Extract from : « Letters on the Nicobar islands, their natural productions, and the manners, customs, and superstitions of the natives » by John Gottfried Haensel
  • Si quid novisti, &c., I shall be very glad to hear from you.
  • Extract from : « Roundabout Papers » by William Makepeace Thackeray

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