Cuddy
name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 A cabin, for the use of the captain, in the after part of a sailing ship under the poop deck.
"Being summoned to the cuddy to breakfast, I had not been there five minutes when I turned deadly sick, was obliged to retire to my cot […] ."
- 2 A coalfish (Pollachius virens).
- 3 A close friend or buddy. slang
"I can't lie, I like to get high and figure-8 when I drive / Blow doja rope in the sky for all my cuddies that died"
- 4 the galley or pantry of a small ship wordnet
- 5 A small cupboard or closet.
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- 6 A donkey, especially one driven by a huckster or greengrocer. Durham, Scotland, historical
"folk said the cuddy had bided so long with Pooty that whenever it opened its mouth to give a bit bray it started to stutter."
- 7 A pony that works in a mine. UK
- 8 A blockhead; a lout. dated
"1840-1841, Thomas Hood, "Miss Kilmansegg and Her Precious Leg" It cost more tricks and trouble, by half, Than it takes to exhibit a six-legged calf To a boothful of country cuddies."
- 9 A lever mounted on a tripod for lifting stones, leveling up railroad ties, etc.
- 1 A surname.
Example
More examples"Being summoned to the cuddy to breakfast, I had not been there five minutes when I turned deadly sick, was obliged to retire to my cot […] ."
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps a contraction from Dutch kajuit (“cabin”).
From Scots cuddie; compare Gaelic cudaig, cudainn, or English cuttlefish, or cod.
From buddy, with the initial "B" replaced with "C" in Crip slang.
See Cody.