different between poddy vs toddy

English

Etymology

From pod +? -y.

Pronunciation

Adjective

poddy (comparative poddier, superlative poddiest)

1. (not comparable) Of or pertaining to a pod or pods.
   • 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.

2. Fat, corpulent.
3. (not comparable, Australia, of a young animal) Fed by hand.
   • 1901, Miles Franklin, My Brilliant Career, page 207,

     One of my half-starved poddy calves was very ill, and I went out to doctor it previous to bathing and tidying myself for my finishing household duties.

   • 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.

   • 2008, Barry Heard, The View from Connor?s Hill, page 56,

     The first really positive change came about when Mum arrived home with a poddy lamb.

Noun

poddy (plural poddies)

1. (Australia) An unbranded calf.
2. (Australia) A hand-fed calf or lamb (a young animal needing milk or milk-substitute).
   • 1901, Miles Franklin, My Brilliant Career, page 207,

     I did not turn to ascertain who it might be, but trusted it was no one of importance, as the poddy and I presented rather a grotesque appearance.

   • 1904, Bush Courtin?, Australian Ballads & Short Stories, 2003, Penguin, p. 268,

     When the milkin? music?s ended, and the big cans stacked away, / An? the poddies have done drinkin?, an? the neddies chew their hay

   • 2011, Ali Lewis, Everybody Jam, unnumbered page,

     She said I had to show Liz how to feed the poddies, the pigs and Buzz.

3. (Australia, Victoria) An immature mullet.

Usage notes

A poddy calf is always a hand-fed one.

Synonyms

• (unbranded calf):
• (hand-fed young animal):

Derived terms

• poddy-dodger

See also

• dogie, placer

Verb

poddy (third-person singular simple present poddies, present participle poddying, simple past and past participle poddied)

1. (Australia) To hand-feed (a young animal).
   • 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.

References

• The Oxford Paperback Dictionary

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi ????? (t???).

Noun

toddy (countable and uncountable, plural toddies)

1. Clipping of hot toddy.
3. (dated) The sweet sap from any of several tropical trees fermented to make an alcoholic drink.

Synonyms

• see also Thesaurus:alcoholic beverage

Derived terms

• toddy bird
• toddy cat

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