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- noun Plural form of
shaddock .
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Examples
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Some of the fruits here are excellent, such as shaddocks, oranges, granadilloes, forbidden fruit; and one between an orange and a lemon, called 11 the grape or cluster-fruit, "appears to me quite delicious.
Journal of a Residence among the Negroes in the West Indies Matthew Gregory 1845
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At the same time, some of the English made a garden for his use, in which they planted shaddocks, vines, pineapples, melons, and the seeds of several other vegetable articles.
Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003
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At the same time, some of the English made a garden for his use, in which they planted shaddocks, vines, pineapples, melons, and the seeds of several other vegetable articles.
Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003
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A traffic immediately commenced with the natives, who brought what provisions they had, being chiefly yams and shaddocks, which they exchanged for nails, beads, and other small articles.
Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003
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A traffic immediately commenced with the natives, who brought what provisions they had, being chiefly yams and shaddocks, which they exchanged for nails, beads, and other small articles.
Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003
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We bought for our mess some sweet potatoes, plantains, bananas, shaddocks, forbidden fruit, and limes.
A Sailor of King George Frederick Hoffman
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The carpenters of the ships built him a small house, to which a garden was attached, planted with shaddocks, vines, pineapples, melons, etc., and a variety of vegetables, the whole of which were thriving before Captain Cook quitted the island.
Famous Islands and Memorable Voyages Anonymous
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Of vegetables we found an abundance, particularly of pumpions and cabbages, in the market; but, as it was not the season for fruit, we only procured some shaddocks, a few bad oranges, and some indifferent limes.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1 Phillip Parker King
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On the fourth day they were so much benefited by that treatment and living on oranges, shaddocks, and other anti-scorbutic fruits, that they were able to go on board again.
A Sailor of King George Frederick Hoffman
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They proved Spanish vessels, four small schooners and a sloop laden with fruit, principally oranges and shaddocks, and a quantity of yams and plantains.
A Sailor of King George Frederick Hoffman
chained_bear commented on the word shaddocks
"'This is the best I can do, sir. Lemon barley-water made of rice, and loo-warm at that; but at least the lemon is shaddocks, which is close on.'"
--Patrick O'Brian, The Thirteen Gun Salute, 250
March 5, 2008