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bucket and spade

noun

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  1. A child’s toy, consisting of a (usually plastic) bucket and spade, used for building…

    A child’s toy, consisting of a (usually plastic) bucket and spade, used for building simple sandcastles at the beach.

    • And as a marker of the Edwardians, both embody the pleasure principle and have (in my view) a certain bucket-n-spade frivolity to them.

  2. Denoting traditional seaside leisure activities.

    • the bucket and spade brigade
    • People aren’t going on bucket-and-spade holidays any more.

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