cuddy

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A cabin, for the use of the captain, in the after part of a sailing ship under the poop deck.
    — 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 […] .
  2. A coalfish (Pollachius virens).
  3. A close friend or buddy. slang
    — I can't lie, I like to get high and figure-8 when I drive / Blow doja rope in the sky for all my cuddies that died
  4. A small cupboard or closet.
  5. A donkey, especially one driven by a huckster or greengrocer. Durham,Scotland,historical
    — folk said the cuddy had bided so long with Pooty that whenever it opened its mouth to give a bit bray it started to stutter.
  6. A pony that works in a mine. UK
  7. A blockhead; a lout. dated
    — 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.
  8. A lever mounted on a tripod for lifting stones, leveling up railroad ties, etc.

词形变化

cuddies plural cuddies plural cuddie alternative cudden alternative cuth alternative cuddies plural

词汇关系

衍生词
hunch cuddy hunch

词源

词源 1
Uncertain. Perhaps a contraction from Dutch kajuit (“cabin”).
词源 2
From Scots cuddie; compare Gaelic cudaig, cudainn, or English cuttlefish, or cod.
词源 3
From buddy, with the initial "B" replaced with "C" in Crip slang.
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