mudder

[ muhd-er ]

/ ˈmʌd ər /

a racehorse able to perform well on a wet, muddy track.

an athlete who performs well in muddy conditions.

RELATED WORDS

First recorded in 1900–05; mud + -er¹

Dat remark dat he married only for a mudder for his child—dat's all in my heye!
The River's Children|Ruth McEnery Stuart
I gin it sum Cider Berry Juice an' tole its mudder to fotch me a tater.
The Dismal Swamp and Lake Drummond, Early recollections|Robert Arnold
Man nem Jan Han Sun go home his wife—no can fine who mudder.'
Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes|Various
The first thing that one”––pointing to Pythagoras––“said was, ‘Mudder went away and took the baby, Diogenes, with her.’
Our Next-Door Neighbors|Belle Kanaris Maniates

Dat ar boy trains roun arter his mudder like a cosset, he does.
The Minister's Wooing|Harriet Beecher Stowe