2. Adjective. Fat, corpulent. ¹
3. Adjective. (uncomparable Australia of a young animal) Fed by hand. ¹
4. Noun. (Australia) An unbranded calf. ¹
5. Noun. (Australia) A hand-fed calf or lamb (a young animal needing milk or milk-substitute). ¹
6. Noun. (Australia Victoria) An immature mullet. ¹
7. Verb. (Australia) To hand-feed (a young animal). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Poddy
1. a young calf [n PODDIES] / corpulent [adj PODDIER, PODDIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Poddy
Literary usage of Poddy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1899)
"poddy let down his veil in a twinkling, crossed his legs, ... poddy wrote a note
for a thousand ..."
2. Putnam's Monthly (1907)
"Marshall had some sense to put poddy in the curtain- raiser only. If he can't
dance a Cakewalk it ... poddy, why did you let yourself get born an elephant? ..."
3. Putnam's Magazine (1907)
"Marshall had some sense to put poddy in the curtain- raiser only. If he can't
dance a Cakewalk it ... poddy, why did you let yourself get born an elephant? ..."
4. Putnam's Magazine (1907)
"Marshall had some sense to put poddy in the curtain- raiser only. If he can't
dance a Cakewalk it ... poddy, why did you let yourself get born an elephant? ..."
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