neddy

[ned-ee]

noun

plural

neddies 

1. British Informal.,  donkey.

2. Australian Slang.,  a horse.

neddy

/ ˈnɛdɪ /

noun

1. a child's word for a donkey

2. informal,  a silly person; fool

3. informal,  a horse, esp a racehorse

   he lost his money on the neddies

Word History and Origins

Origin of neddy¹

1780–90; apparently generic use of personal name Neddy; Ned, -y ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of neddy¹

C18: from Ned, pet form of Edward

Example Sentences

Rachel Zatcoff as Tsaytl, Yael Eden Chanukov as Hodl and Rosie Jo Neddy as Khave channeled their ardent emotion into their singing.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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“He looks after us, especially me. I said to him earlier, like, ‘Neddy, could you do something for me?’

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