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codder

¹ British

/ ˈkɒdə /

noun

a cod fisherman or his boat

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codder ² British

/ ˈkɒdə /

noun

dialect the leader of a team of workers on a press at a steelworks

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Etymology

Origin of codder

perhaps from _cod ⁴

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That five thousand dollar codder up there seemed like own folks, pretty nigh.

From Cap'n Warren's Wards by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby

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