cuddy

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkʌdi/ Rhymes: -ʌdi === Etymology 1 === Uncertain. Perhaps a contraction from Dutch kajuit (“cabin”). ==== Noun ==== cuddy (plural cuddies) (nautical) A cabin, for the use of the captain, in the after part of a sailing ship under the poop deck. 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 77: Being summoned to the cuddy to breakfast, I had not been there five minutes when I turned deadly sick, was obliged to retire to my cot […] . A small cupboard or closet. (Scotland, Durham, Northumberland, historical) A donkey, especially one driven by a huckster or greengrocer. (UK, mining) A pony that works in a mine. (dated) A blockhead; a lout. 1840-1841, Thomas Hood, "Miss Kilmansegg and Her Precious Leg" It cost more tricks and trouble, by half, Than it takes to exhibit a six-legged calf To a boothful of country cuddies. A lever mounted on a tripod for lifting stones, leveling up railroad ties, etc. ===== Derived terms ===== hunch cuddy hunch === Etymology 2 === From Scots cuddie; compare Gaelic cudaig, cudainn, or English cuttlefish, or cod. ==== Alternative forms ==== cuddie, cudden, cuth ==== Noun ==== cuddy (plural cuddies) A coalfish (Pollachius virens). === Etymology 3 === From buddy, with the initial "B" replaced with "C" in Crip slang. ==== Noun ==== cuddy (plural cuddies) (African-American Vernacular, slang) A close friend or buddy. === References === === Further reading === “cuddy”, in The Right Rhymes, launched 2013.