poddy
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (not comparable) Of or pertaining to a pod or pods.Examples: "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."not-comparable
2. (not comparable, Australia, of a young or orphaned animal) Fed by hand.Examples: "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."Australianot-comparable
noun (English)
1. (Australia) An unbranded calf.Australia
2. (Australia) A hand-fed calf or lamb (a young animal needing milk or milk-substitute).Examples: "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"; "She said I had to show Liz how to feed the poddies, the pigs and Buzz."Australia
3. (Australia, Victoria) An immature mullet.Australia
verb (English)
1. (Australia) To hand-feed (a young animal).Examples: "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."Australia
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