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单词 poddy
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poddy

[ pod-ee ]
/ ˈpɒd i /

noun, plural pod·dies.Australian.

a newborn or unweaned calf, especially one that is taken from its mother and hand-fed.
any young animal.

Origin of poddy

First recorded in 1890–95; origin uncertain

Words nearby poddy

podalic version, podarthritis, podcast, poddie, poddle, poddy, poddy-dodger, -pode, podedema, podesta, podetiiform
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Example sentences from the Web for poddy

  • Kind of a short, poddy party, who looks like he'd been upholstered generous once but had shrunk a lot.

    The House of Torchy|Sewell Ford
  • He carried the slop-buckets to the pigsty for her, and helped to poddy (hand feed) a young calf.

    While the Billy Boils|Henry Lawson
  • "Poddy is suffering from a bad attack of suppressed information," said Benwell, who had been examining him critically.

    The Beautiful White Devil|Guy Boothby
  • So far I knew that a smooth faced, poddy party had shot a golf ball with "Ha, ha!"

    Torchy As A Pa|Sewell Ford

British Dictionary definitions for poddy

poddy
/ (ˈpɒdɪ) /

noun plural -dies Australian

a handfed calf or lamb
any creature at an early stage of growthpoddy mullet

Word Origin for poddy

perhaps from poddy (adj) fat
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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