chewing the cud

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beevale - 02 Mar 2006 19:47 GMT

You might be familiar with the expression chewing the cud - and I know that
cud is a wad of food regurgitated to be chewed again but what is the plural
form of cud (cuds would be the obvious answer) Does the cud remain as cud
without the s? Could they all be chewing cuds or does it have to remain the
cud?
Does anyone know?

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John of Aix - 02 Mar 2006 20:08 GMT

> You might be familiar with the expression chewing the cud - and I
> know that cud is a wad of food regurgitated to be chewed again but
> what is the plural form of cud (cuds would be the obvious answer) Does
> the cud remain as cud without the s? Could they all be chewing
> cuds or does it have to remain the cud?
> Does anyone know?

I would say it is invariable. '60 cows were chewing the cud'. I think
the 'the' is part of it'

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beevale - 02 Mar 2006 21:57 GMT

>> You might be familiar with the expression chewing the cud - and I
>> know that cud is a wad of food regurgitated to be chewed again but
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> I would say it is invariable. '60 cows were chewing the cud'. I think the
> 'the' is part of it'

Yes, you are probably correct
- and thank you.

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chewing the cud