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A.Word.A.Day--prad Pronunciation: WAV or RealAudio prad (prad) noun Horse. [By metathesis from Dutch paard, horse.] "`Just send somebody out to relieve my mate, will you, young man?' said the officer; `he's in the gig, a-minding the prad. Have you got a coach 'us here, that you could put it up in, for five or ten minutes?'" Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist, 1838. This week's theme: words formed by metathesis or transposing letters. X-Bonus There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside of you. -Maya Angelou, poet (1928- )

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