Sekirov Dictionary

poddy

adjective 3
noun 3
verb 1
forms 5

adjective3

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(Australia) Fed by hand.
- 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
Fat, corpulent.
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Of or pertaining to a pod or pods.
- […] the second cutting each season was allowed to become poddy, i.e., to set seed pods. — 1944

noun3

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(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
(Australia) An unbranded calf.
(Australia) An immature mullet.

verb1

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(Australia) To hand-feed (a young animal).
- ‘Ell ov a trouble t′ poddy, miss, them lambs, but Queeby used t′ poddy any Gord′s quantity’ remarked Nungi. — 1907

forms

poddied · poddying · poddies · poddier · poddiest

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