poddy
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.07 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to a pod or pods.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "The first really positive change came about when Mum arrived home with a poddy lamb."
- "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."
- "When the milkin′ music′s ended, and the big cans stacked away, / An′ the poddies have done drinkin′, an′ the neddies chew their hay"
Etymology
From pod + -y.
Word Breakdown
Usage
Inflected Forms
poddier (comparative)
poddiest (superlative)
poddies (plural)
poddies (present, singular)
poddying (participle, present)
poddied (participle, past)
poddied (past)
Phrases
poddy-dodger