- Spadones
- Spado Spa"do, n.; pl. {Spadones}. [L., fr. Gr. ?.]
1. Same as {Spade}, 2.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Law) An impotent person. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Spadones
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