quod
Pronunciation Noun

quod (plural quods)

  1. (countable) A quadrangle or court, as of a prison; a prison.
    • 1863, Punch, quoted in 1995, Seán McConville, English Local Prisons, 1860-1900: Next Only to Death, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=BVxcMtCxfdsC&pg=PA69&dq=%22quod%22+prison+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=cOP2T4ydCqfZigfLyLiABw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22quod%22%20prison%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 69],
      […] not the poorer classes merely, but the rich will be desirous to enjoy the mingled luxury and comfort of a gaol: and we shall hear of blasé Swells become burglars and garotters as a prelude to a prison, and, instead of taking tours for restoration of their health, recruiting it more cheaply by a residence in quod.
    • 1878, John Wrathall Bull, Early Experiences of Colonial Life in South Australia, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=G5QcAAAAMAAJ&q=%22quod%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22quod%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Jc32T9juM6fAiQf_yonuBg&redir_esc=y page 264],
      […] and declined their escort, desiring to be conducted to “quod” by the gallant South Australian police, […] .
    • 2000, R.I.C. Publications, Workbook E: Society and Environment, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=G-cnis5GFyAC&pg=PA48&dq=%22quod%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ydr2T8q3DbGciAeNvZHTBg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22quod%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 48],
      From 1855-1903 a chapel was built, the boat shed and holding cell constructed, Government House was constructed as a summer residence for the Governor and the Quod (slang for prison) was constructed.
    • 2006, Pip Wilson, Faces in the Street: Louisa and Henry Lawson and the Castlereagh Street Push, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=NcO7t8G-yQ8C&pg=PA202&dq=%22quod%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Jc32T9juM6fAiQf_yonuBg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22quod%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 202],
      Pity McNamara′s still doing his stretch in the quod, but he′ll be out soon.
  2. (uncountable, Australia, slang) Confinement in a prison.
    • circa 1894 Acquaintance of Norman Lindsay, quoted in 2005, James Cockington, Banned: Tales From the Bizarre History of Australian Obscenity, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, paperback ISBN 0-7333-1502-X, page 7,
      I don′t suppose you'll get more than a couple of months′ quod for them.
Translations
  • Russian: тюрьма́
Verb
  1. (obsolete) Quoth.
    • 14thC, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Summoner′s Prologue and Tale, The Canterbury Tales, 2009, Robert Boenig, Andrew Taylor (editors), The Canterbury Tales: A Selection, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=5gBsHXpEgiYC&pg=PA190&dq=%22quod%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=5732T7alIa68iAfLh63pBg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22quod%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 190],
      “No fors,” quod he, “but tel me al youre grief.”
    • 1563, John Foxe, Actes and Monuments, 1868, The Church Historians of England: Reformation Period, Volume 8, Part 1, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=wbUxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA422&dq=%22quod%22+prison+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=cOP2T4ydCqfZigfLyLiABw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22quod%22%20prison%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 422],
      “Why,” quod her friend, “would ye not willingly have gone with your company, if God should so have suffered it?”
    • 1908, James Gairdner, Lollardy and the Reformation in England: An Historical Survey, 2010, Cambridge University Press, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=hgctLcCW_ekC&pg=PA416&dq=%22quod%22+prison+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=cOP2T4ydCqfZigfLyLiABw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22quod%22%20prison%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 416],
      “And therefore I have granted to their request,” quod the King; […] .



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