According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
SWADS
Noun
swads
plural of swad
Source: Wiktionary
SWAD
Swad, n. Etym: [Probably fr. AS. swe to bind.] [Written also swod.]
1. A cod, or pod, as of beans or pease. [Prov. Eng.] Swad, in the north, is a peascod shell -- thence used for an empty, shallow-headed fellow. Blount.
2. A clown; a country bumpkin. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] "Country swains, and silly swads." Greene. There was one busy fellow was their leader, A blunt, squat swad, but lower than yourself. B. Jonson.
3. A lump of mass; also, a crowd. [Low, U.S.]
4. (Coal Mining)
Definition: A thin layer of refuse at the bottom of a seam. Raymond.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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