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Cuddy

//ˈkʌdi// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 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. 2
    A coalfish (Pollachius virens).
  3. 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. 4
    the galley or pantry of a small ship wordnet
  5. 5
    A small cupboard or closet.
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  1. 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."

  2. 7
    A pony that works in a mine. UK
  3. 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."

  4. 9
    A lever mounted on a tripod for lifting stones, leveling up railroad ties, etc.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Perhaps a contraction from Dutch kajuit (“cabin”).

Etymology 2

From Scots cuddie; compare Gaelic cudaig, cudainn, or English cuttlefish, or cod.

Etymology 3

From buddy, with the initial "B" replaced with "C" in Crip slang.

Etymology 4

See Cody.

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