poddy

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Of or pertaining to a pod or pods.

2. 2

   Fat, corpulent.

3. 3

   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.
   • The first really positive change came about when Mum arrived home with a poddy lamb.
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   1. 4

      An unbranded calf.

   2. 5

      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.
      • When the milkin′ music′s ended, and the big cans stacked away, / An′ the poddies have done drinkin′, an′ the neddies chew their hay
      • She said I had to show Liz how to feed the poddies, the pigs and Buzz.
   3. 6

      An immature mullet.

   4. 7

      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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