Riding overland from Sydney to Brisbane, along the beautiful North Coast district of New South Wales, I tied my neddy up on the roadside and investigated a bark-shanty some little distance off in the Bush.
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Neddy
//ˈnɛdi//
Synonyms for "neddy" (38 found)
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9 translations across 2 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- магаре noun (a donkey or ass)
- магаре noun (an idiot; a stupid or contemptible person)
- осел noun (a donkey or ass)
- състезателен кон noun (a horse, especially a racehorse)
Polish
4 entries- dureń noun (an idiot; a stupid or contemptible person)
- głupek noun (an idiot; a stupid or contemptible person)
- koń noun (a horse, especially a racehorse)
- koń wyścigowy noun (a horse, especially a racehorse)
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1932, Ion Idriess, The Desert Column, extracted in 2006, Rex Sadler, Tom Hayllar, In the Line of Fire: Real Stories of Australians at War, from Gallipoli to Vietnam, page 61, Some of the boys whipped off their hats and laughingly smacked their neddies′ rumps, for we hated using spurs on the poor thirsty beggars.
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From my uninformed reading of cycliterature (and other stuff), if you are a mainly short-twitch muscle type - a sprinter - then your natural cadence will be higher that^([sic]) if you are a mainly long-twitch muscle type - a hill-climber, or in neddy-racing terms, a "stayer" (I think).
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AIRNews founder Arthur Stevens wishes Holden well adding, "We will miss his insights into the world of Aussie Rules Football and his understanding of the neddies and the Spring Racing Carnival.
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