quod


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quod

(kwɒd)
n
chiefly Brit a slang word for jail
[C18: of uncertain origin; perhaps changed from quad, short for quadrangle]
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quod

(kwɒd)

n. Brit. Slang.
jail.
[1690–1700; orig. uncertain]
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Translations

quod

[kwɒd] N (Brit) → chirona f, cárcel f
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References in classic literature ?
Et conversus Deus, ut aspiceret opera quae fecerunt manus suae, vidit quod omnia essent bona nimis; and then the sabbath.
Duplex libelli dos est: quod risum movet, Et quod prudenti vitam consilio monet.
Orientis princeps Belzebub, inferni ardentis monarcha, et Demogorgon, propitiamus vos, ut appareat et surgat Mephistophilis Dragon, quod tumeraris: per Jehovam, Gehennam, et consecratam aquam quam nunc spargo, signumque crucis quod nunc facio, et per vota nostra, ipse nunc surgat nobis dicatus Mephistophilis!
By Jove, sir, I've pawned my own watch in order to get her anything she fancied; and she she's been making a purse for herself all the time, and grudged me a hundred pound to get me out of quod." He then fiercely and incoherently, and with an agitation under which his counsellor had never before seen him labour, told Macmurdo the circumstances of the story.
1st, He hath walked according to his proper will, contrary to capital 33, Quod nullus juxta propriam voluntatem incedat.
This meadow was celebrated by reason of the brawls which went on there night and day; it was the hydra of the poor monks of Saint-Germain: quod mouachis Sancti-Germaini pratensis hydra fuit, clericis nova semper dissidiorum capita suscitantibus .
"Become what thou art" applied to all, of course, becomes a vicious maxim; it is to be hoped, however, that we may learn in time that the same action performed by a given number of men, loses its identity precisely that same number of times.--"Quod licet Jovi, non licet bovi."
Recordare Jesu pie Quod sum causa tuar viae Ne me perdas, illa die Querens me sedisti lassus Redemisti crucem passus Tantus laor non sit cassus.[1]
Quod si ad propriam utilitatem gubernatio fit, labem dicemus quae suis nominibus distinguntur.
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