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Prod, n.3 and a.|prɒd| Also prod. An Anglo-Irish colloq. abbrev. of Protestant n. 2 a and a. 1. Cf. Prot n. and a.
1942E. Bowen Seven Winters 51 She spoke of ‘Prods’ (or, extreme, unctuous Protestants) with a flighty detachment that might have offended many. 1961Spectator 28 Apr. 599 He was a ‘Mick’, I was a ‘Prod’ but we found no difficulty in being friends although we differed in faith. 1970M. Kenyon 100,000 Welcomes ii. 14 A long-hair student, or a Prod, or similar riff-raff. 1974Irish Democrat Dec. 7/2 This is..about O'Brienism, which is based on the fearful symmetry that taig is taig and prod is prod and never the twain shall meet. 1977P. Carter Under Goliath iii. 15 Most of the kids were in tough Prod gangs, like the Tartans... They always seemed to..tell if you were as hard-line Prod as they were. |