puddock

British  

/ ˈpʌdək /

noun

1. a Scot variant of paddock 2

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Example Sentences

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 • Jun. 4, 2010

The Prince thanked her heartily and went on his way in the best of spirits while the little puddock crept slowly back into the water.

From The Green Fairy Book by Various

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 A Safety Match by Hay, Ian

"Milo, Milo, Milo," he began to cry, three times over, as if the name helped him, "Thou wilt live to see a puddock upon the throne of England!"

From The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

Wull ye sit there like a puddock on a post, an' listen to this—this Ayrshireman misca' your marriet wife, Alexander M'Quhirr?

From Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)