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  • noun Plural form of quad.
  • noun , slang) Short for quadriceps (thigh muscles)
  • noun poker slang four of a kind

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Examples

  • Consider some examples: The 1927 Franklin Street School, built to be racially integrated; the boxy American Shingle style of the early 1900′s; the Colonial House, which holds the historical society’s museum; twins and quads from the 50′s and 60′s in Village Green; the massive beachfront houses from the 1990′s; and the motels from the postwar 40′s.

    Case Study: Cape May, a City Heritage Celebrated « Beachwood Historical Alliance 2009

  • Consider some examples: The 1927 Franklin Street School, built to be racially integrated; the boxy American Shingle style of the early 1900′s; the Colonial House, which holds the historical society’s museum; twins and quads from the 50′s and 60′s in Village Green; the massive beachfront houses from the 1990′s; and the motels from the postwar 40′s.

    2009 January 11 « Beachwood Historical Alliance 2009

  • Consider some examples: The 1927 Franklin Street School, built to be racially integrated; the boxy American Shingle style of the early 1900′s; the Colonial House, which holds the historical society’s museum; twins and quads from the 50′s and 60′s in Village Green; the massive beachfront houses from the 1990′s; and the motels from the postwar 40′s.

    2009 January « Beachwood Historical Alliance 2009

  • Their calves are the size of my forearm and their quads are the size of my bicepsand I dont have big arms to begin with.

    ChiRunning Danny Dreyer 2009

  • “The birth of the quads was a controlled circus,” one nurse remembered.

    Every Breath You Take Ann Rule 2000

  • The quads are the first grandkids on both sides of the family.

    London Free Press 2010

  • Your kid will love you! look close at the pics it is loaded with factory options you do not get with others. extreme made this unit and it outperforms and out rides the big name quads no problem.

    craigslist | all for sale / wanted in chicago 2010

  • The quads are a great new addition to the game for a number of reasons.

    IGN PC 2010

  • For example, the world uses about 450x1015 Btu, or 450 "quads" of energy each year.

    Ten fundamental principles of net energy 2008

  • Once I got back to my ATV they call them "quads" out here, but I think they are also called "four-wheelers" I noticed that the lions really didn't care about me being near the kill.

    Animal Planet: Brutus Tried to Eat Me! 2008

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