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poddy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From pod + -y.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to a pod or pods.
   • 1944, New Mexico State University Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletin of the Agricultural Experiment Station, New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, Issues 318-329, page 88, […] the second cutting each season was allowed to become poddy, i.e., to set seed pods.
2. Fat, corpulent.
3. (Australia, not-comparable, of a young or orphaned animal) Fed by hand.
   • 1964, New South Wales Department of Agriculture, The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, Volume 74, page 646, Constant handling will cause mis-mothering, leading to deaths and a number of poddy lambs. Poddy lambs are slow to grow and often fail to reach marketable weight under eight months of age.
   • One of my half-starved poddy calves was very ill, and I went out to doctor it previous to bathing and tidying myself for my finishing household duties. 1901, Miles Franklin, “The 3rd of December 1898”, in My Brilliant Career, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, page 292:
   • The first really positive change came about when Mum arrived home with a poddy lamb. 2008, Barry Heard, The View from Connor′s Hill, page 56:

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poddy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio

Etymology

From pod + -y.

Meanings

1. (Australia) An unbranded calf.
2. (Australia) A hand-fed calf or lamb (a young animal needing milk or milk-substitute).
   • I did not turn to ascertain who it might be, but trusted it was no one of importance, as the poddy and I presented rather a grotesque appearance. 1901, Miles Franklin, My Brilliant Career, page 207:
   • She said I had to show Liz how to feed the poddies, the pigs and Buzz. 2011, Ali Lewis, Everybody Jam, unnumbered page:
   • When the milkin′ music′s ended, and the big cans stacked away, / An′ the poddies have done drinkin′, an′ the neddies chew their hay 1904, Bush Courtin′: Australian Ballads & Short Stories, Penguin, published 2003, page 268:
3. (Australia, qualifier:Victoria) An immature mullet.

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Deriveds

poddy-dodger

Relateds

dogie · placer

poddy en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio

Etymology

From pod + -y.

Meanings

1. (Australia) To hand-feed (a young animal).
   • 1907, Barbara Baynton, Human Toll, 2007, Echo Library, page 110, ‘Ell ov a trouble t′ poddy, miss, them lambs, but Queeby used t′ poddy any Gord′s quantity’ remarked Nungi.

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