spadia

spadia
 n.— «He notes that some of the inserts that gave union mailers their biggest headaches on the new equipment—such as a Montgomery Ward product and the spadia on double Sunday comics sections—have been eliminated since the strike began.» —“Featherbedding: Fact Or Fiction?” by Mark Fitzgerald Editor & Publisher Mar. 16, 1996. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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