What does spud-bashing mean?

spud-bashing

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.62 in modern English

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"Most of the work was classed as spud-bashing; each volunteer squatted on an unturned bucket and with a sharp knife peeled potatoes from one pile and then threw them on another."
"For these first few weeks you do your basic training: square-bashing, spud-bashing, a bit of cryptography, a bit of sea-time, then you learn your Russian and play at being spies, right?"
"Anything from dishwashing to salvage, from spud-bashing to coal-heaving."

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