crowdy

American  

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

Or crowdie

noun

Scot. and North England.

plural

crowdies

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

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Etymology

Origin of crowdy

First recorded in 1490–1500; of obscure origin

Example Sentences

Ye'll cool and come to yoursel, like MacGibbon's crowdy when he set it oot at the window-bole.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander

They had besides apple-tarts, apple mose, apple slump, mess apple-pies, buttered apple-pies, apple crowdy and puff apple-pies—all differing.

From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Earle, Alice Morse

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

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

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