Spud Island

noun

Canadian Slang.

1. Prince Edward Island.

Spud Island

noun

1. a slang name for Prince Edward Island

Example Sentences

Washington growers also planted fewer plants this year after the potato wart disease was detected on Canada’s “spud island,” one of Washington’s biggest seed suppliers.

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The Feb. 6 news article “On Canada’s ‘Spud Island,’ ugly potatoes cause economic pain” highlighted the challenges faced by family farms in producing and distributing the world’s favorite vegetable: potatoes.

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A plentiful 2021 yield on “Spud Island” — the Atlantic province that is Canada’s largest producer of the tuber — looked as if it might more than make up for the poor harvests that preceded it.

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