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poddy

adj · noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to a pod or pods.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • 1944, New Mexico State University Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletin of the Agricultural Experiment Station, New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, Issues 318-329, page 88, [...] the second cutting each season was allowed to become poddy, i.e., to set seed pods.

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adj

Meaning 2

Fat, corpulent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

adj

Meaning 3

Fed by hand.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, not-comparable

Examples

  • 1964, New South Wales Department of Agriculture, The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, Volume 74, page 646, Constant handling will cause mis-mothering, leading to deaths and a number of poddy lambs. Poddy lambs are slow to grow and often fail to reach marketable weight under eight months of age.

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noun

Meaning 4

An unbranded calf.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia

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noun

Meaning 5

A hand-fed calf or lamb (a young animal needing milk or milk-substitute).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia

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noun

Meaning 6

An immature mullet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia

Qualifier: Victoria

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7

verb

Meaning 7

To hand-feed (a young animal).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia

Examples

  • 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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History

Etymology

From pod + -y.