Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A portfolio; a blotting-book or blotting-pad.
- To slap; strike with violence; beat.
- To maltreat.
- noun A piece; a fragment; a large piece or lump.
- noun A slap; a flat blow.
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Examples
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Essentially, I had already written a couple of all-ages how-to-draw type books for a London publisher called Ilex Press (who I knew from his Vertigo UK days) asked me to write a "blad" for a book on self-publishing comics.
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October 24th, 2009 at 9: 49 pm übung mein jung mach auch beat box seit 4 jahren lad blad parr videos hoch mit hanni alberto und ich
Beatbox @ ESL Pro Series 13 Finals « Esl Videos « Videos « Literacy News 2009
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I shoot 100 grain three blad Muzzy's on a 28 Gold Tip at 310 fps and shoots same point at 60 yards
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I shoot 100 grain three blad Muzzy's on a 28 Gold Tip at 310 fps and shoots same point at 60 yards
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(Again, for the uninitiated, a blad is just a small booklet of sample pages, usually in the exact trim size of the finished book.)
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(Again, for the uninitiated, a blad is just a small booklet of sample pages, usually in the exact trim size of the finished book.)
John Mesjak: Going Paperless: Five Apps and Services for the iPad That Can Help Publishers Work Smarter John Mesjak 2010
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Raise the lawn mower blad to at least three inches.
Lissa Coffey: Watching The World's Water Quality And Quantity 2009
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Doubleday plans to send the blad out to various publicity outlets in advance of my October 2008 publication — a very good sign that the-powers-that-be are excited and supportive of my book.
2008 February | the blog of author, illustrator and designer Kris Waldherr 2008
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~ Along with those edits, I was asked to revamp the manuscript into a 32-page blad book laid out and design.
2008 February | the blog of author, illustrator and designer Kris Waldherr 2008
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Doubleday plans to send the blad out to various publicity outlets in advance of my October 2008 publication — a very good sign that the-powers-that-be are excited and supportive of my book.
of queens and shamans | the blog of author, illustrator and designer Kris Waldherr 2008
ellenw commented on the word blad
Means "blog ad." Seriously.
June 23, 2009
strev commented on the word blad
and I thought it referred to a bladder. my blad.
June 23, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word blad
I will henceforth use it only in reference to an organ of the excretory system, or in mockery of a specific sadistic, evil torturer of the Middle Ages.
June 23, 2009
strev commented on the word blad
indeed CB – the evil blad or blad the impaler does sound about right!
June 23, 2009
reesetee commented on the word blad
In the book publishing biz, this word describes a type of promotional material (taken from "blurb" + "ad").
July 7, 2009
bilby commented on the word blad
bleecccchh + fad neologism.
July 7, 2009