neddy
Americannoun
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a child's word for a donkey
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informal a silly person; fool
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informal a horse, esp a racehorse
he lost his money on the neddies
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Etymology
Origin of neddy
1780–90; apparently generic use of personal name Neddy; see Ned, -y 2
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Wo wo wo neddy, there is Carlisle v Huddersfield JP Trophy first leg too.
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2011
Recently a friend suggested that I might get involved in the 'voluntary services', as if I were some old neddy that should be put out to pasture .
From The Guardian ● Apr. 9, 2010
I might take a neddy to a man!'
From A Child of the Jago by Morrison, Arthur
Cuttin' closest to the raw, 'n' swearin' lovin' all the way, Is Artie from Molinga on his neddy, Marshal Neigh.
From 'Hello, Soldier!' Khaki Verse by Dyson, Edward
He appeared periodically in the villages with his eight donkeys, or neddies as he called them, with jingling bells on their headstalls and their burdens of two sacks of small coal on each.
From A Shepherd's Life Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)
In time he recovered from his loss and replaced his dead neddies with others, and continued for many years longer on his rounds.
From A Shepherd's Life Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)
But it is only these ancients who knew him that keep it green; by and by when they are gone Old Joe and his neddies will be remembered no more.
From A Shepherd's Life Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)
There's no medals struck fer neddies, but we rule there orter be, 'N' the pride iv all the Light Horse is old Marshal Neigh, V.C.
From 'Hello, Soldier!' Khaki Verse by Dyson, Edward
"They'm laughing at us, keper, they neddies; sure enough, we'm lost our labor here."
From Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth by Kingsley, Charles
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