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Spud (disambiguation)

Spud is a common nickname for the potato.

Spud(s) may also refer to:

People

  • Spud (nickname), a list of people nicknamed "Spud" or "Spuds"
  • Spud Murphy (1908–2005), American jazz musician, bandleader and arranger Lyle Stephanovic
  • Rockstar Spud (or Spud), ring name of British professional wrestler James Michael Curtin (born 1983), otherwise known as Drake Maverick
  • Surfer Spud, former Operations Director at Live 105 and current vocalist/keyboardist for surf pop band Drifting Sand

Arts and entertainment

Characters

  • Fred "Spud" Baker, in the British sitcom Cradle to Grave
  • Spuds MacKenzie, a canine mascot in an advertising campaign for Bud Light beer
  • Daniel "Spud" Murphy, in the 1993 novel Trainspotting and the 1996 film adaptation
  • Arthur "Spud" P. Spudinski, in American Dragon: Jake Long
  • Laurie "Spud" Odell, in Mary Renault's 1953 novel The Charioteer
  • Spud the Scarecrow, in Bob the Builder
  • Spud, in the Australian comic strip Beyond the Black Stump
  • Spud, in The Ridonculous Race

Other

  • Spud (game), a children's game
  • Spud (novel), a 2005 novel by John Howard van de Ruit
    • Spud (film), a 2010 adaptation of the novel
  • Spuds (film), a 1927 American silent comedy film

Acronym

  • Saint Paul Union Depot, a railroad station and transit hub in Saint Paul, Minnesota
  • St. Paul University Dumaguete, Dumaguete City, Philippines, a private Catholic university
  • Sustainable Produce Urban Delivery, a Canadian online grocery service

Other uses

  • Spuds, a nickname of Tottenham Hotspur F.C. English football club and their supporters
  • Spuds, Florida, United States, an unincorporated community
  • Spud Drive-In Theater, near Driggs, Idaho, United States, on the National Register of Historic Places
  • Bark spud (tool), a hand tool used for removing bark from logs
  • CJRW-FM (102 Spud FM), a Canadian radio station broadcasting in Summerside, Prince Edward Island
  • Spud, one of the Operation Bowline United States nuclear test series, detonated in July 1968
  • Spuds, steel piles that can be lowered and raised to position a dredge, see Dredging#Clamshell

See also

  • Idaho Spud, a candy bar
  • Spud bar, a hand tool designed to deliver blows to a target
  • Spud One, a Boeing 727 used by Jim Bolger
  • All pages with titles beginning with Spud
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