crowdy

American  

[kroo-dee, kroh-, krood-ee] / ˈkru di, ˈkroʊ-, ˈkrʊd i /

Or crowdie

noun

Scot. and North England.

crowdies plural

1. a dish of meal, especially oatmeal and water, or sometimes milk, stirred together; gruel; brose; porridge.

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• crowdies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of crowdy

First recorded in 1490–1500; of obscure origin

Example Sentences

There's aye a glum look where there's cauld crowdy.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander

"Hae ye been gettin ony meat except this crowdy an Adam's wine?" again said the other.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Leighton, Alexander

Come dance a jig To my Granny's pig, With a raudy, rowdy, dowdy; Come dance a jig To my Granny's pig, And pussy-cat shall crowdy.

From The Nursery Rhymes of England by Various

Why, there is country left, it is true, for such as have money, and ar' not particular in the choice," returned the emigrant; "but to my taste, it is getting crowdy.

From The Prairie by Cooper, James Fenimore

A jeering appellation for a north country seaman, particularly a collier; Jock being a common name, and crowdy the chief food, of the lower order of the people in Northumberland.

From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Grose, Francis