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  • proper noun A diminutive of the male given names Thaddeus and Thaddaeus.

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Examples

  • #12 Cash Flow minus costs equals profits …. thus if the corporation has 30 billion in positivbe cash flow they have enough to pay their bills and do not need a government give away of half a billion dollars … that money could be use better elsewhere but good ole boy Thad is probably looking toward his next major campaign contribution and acting as a good repiglican does.

    Think Progress » Cochran Delivers $500 Million In “Emergency” Pork To Cash Rich Defense Contractor 2006

  • "When I called Thad, he said, 'We have no grad assistant positions, but he could become the manager of the team,'" Smith said.

    IndyStar.com Top Stories 2010

  • I liked Dawn’s style of writing very much – the small insights into Thad’s character, the description of jail life, his relationship with Bob and the guard, the change in Thad’s glibness and confidence when he was speaking to Bob, to his inability to communicate beyond monosyllables when he spoke to Paul.

    Branded in Gray « A Fly in Amber 2010

  • The boy called Thad not only wore a rather seedy and faded scout khaki uniform; while those of all his comrades were almost brand new; but he had several merit badges fastened on the left side of his soft shirt.

    The Boy Scouts' First Camp Fire or, Scouting with the Silver Fox Patrol Herbert Carter

  • "Just hold up a little, Bumpus," called Thad, cheerily.

    The Boy Scouts' First Camp Fire or, Scouting with the Silver Fox Patrol Herbert Carter

  • "Fetch him outside so I can ask a few questions!" called Thad just then.

    The Boy Scouts on Sturgeon Island or Marooned Among the Game-fish Poachers Herbert Carter

  • Prosecutors say Pena attacked a worker at a swinger's club called Thad's last February after he began flirting with a woman patron and was asked to leave.

    SFGate: Top News Stories 2011

  • The research center is now known as the Thad Cochran Small Fruit Research Station.

    Homepage 2010

  • As for "Thad," whether he is your sweat-licker or personal toe-jam groomer or a total stranger to you, I can tell by his communication skills that he is one of the lonely people of the planet, so in a gesture of generosity, I offer him my pity.

    The Beginning of the End For WBA Jaime J. Weinman 2008

  • There were several beamers, all in working order, and more of the climbing ropes such as Thad had found in the other supplies.

    Dark Piper Norton, Andre 1968

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