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
Etymology
Origin of neddy
1780–90; apparently generic use of personal name Neddy; Ned, -y 2
Example Sentences
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Rachel Zatcoff as Tsaytl, Yael Eden Chanukov as Hodl and Rosie Jo Neddy as Khave channeled their ardent emotion into their singing.
From Los Angeles Times
And Neddy’s Khave revealed that she was prepared to sacrifice everything to be with Griffith Frank’s Fyedka, a Russian Christian, no matter the effect on her family or herself.
From Los Angeles Times
Local and national awards are too numerous to list but include an Artist Trust Fellowship Award, an Art Matters fellowship and research grant, the Stranger Genius Award, a MacDowell residency Pollock-Krasner Fellowship and the Neddy Artist Award in painting.
From Seattle Times
Since its founding by the Behnke Foundation, the Neddy Award has been given out nearly every year to outstanding Pacific Northwest visual artists, including Anthony White, Claire Cowie and Christopher Paul Jordan.
From Seattle Times
“He looks after us, especially me. I said to him earlier, like, ‘Neddy, could you do something for me?’
From New York Times
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