puddock
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Imogen Puddock, chair of governors, said: "This decision safeguards the future of the school and enhances the experience for generations of girls to come."
From BBC
The car, which had four people inside, crashed in Puddock Road, near Ramsey Forty Foot in Cambridgeshire, at about 07:15 BST.
From BBC
I hobbled past the man—he just gaped at me like a puddock on a hot day—and got to the foot of the stair and looked up.
From Project Gutenberg
Buff, grieved to the heart at the loss of his orange-tree, and almost speechless with wrath at the affront offered him, glared at his sister with eyes of hate, but "You—you puddock!" was all he managed to say.
From Project Gutenberg
Brown is of a generation with my parents, and grew up calling a chimney a lum, an ear a lug, a frog a puddock, and the likes of David Cameron, a sleekit skellum.
From The Guardian
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