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powldoody

/paʊlˈduːdi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
powl-doo-dy
IPA
/paʊlˈduːdi/
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A variety of Irish oyster, eaten as a delicacy.

Etymology

From Pouldoody (name of the inner part of a creek near Corcomroe Abbey in County Clare), possibly from Irish poll Dubhda (literally “O’Dowd’s hole”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

powldoodies (plural) pouldoody (alternative) pouldowdy (alternative) powldowdy (alternative)

Rhymes With

judy moody rudy foodie trudy broody nudie yehudi nudey nudi dudey

Questions

How do you pronounce powldoody?
The recorded pronunciation is /paʊlˈduːdi/.
What does powldoody mean?
A variety of Irish oyster, eaten as a delicacy.
Where does powldoody come from?
It is traced to Irish.

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