neddy

noun6

1. •
   A donkey or ass.
2. •
   (UK, slang) A horse, especially a racehorse.

   • Some of the boys whipped off their hats and laughingly smacked their neddies′ rumps, for we hated using spurs on the poor thirsty beggars. — 1932
3. •
   An idiot; a stupid or contemptible person.

   • The trouble is that the neddies in the Board of Trade would probably approve it. — 1967
4. •
   [usually plural] (informal, slang) Horsepower.

   • No chance in hell, even if it was a Gurney Eagle engine. The only way you can get those sort of neddies out of a 302 Windsor would be boost. — 2007
5. •
   [in the plural] (Australia, slang) The horse races.
6. •
   (slang, no longer used) A cosh.

   • […] it was Dan Mayne who broke his skull with a "neddy." — 1887