pudge

/ pʌdʒ /

noun

Origin of pudge¹

C19: of uncertain origin; see pudgy

There was one good thing; maybe he knew about my trouble with Pudge, but he also had gone out of his way to find me.

"Dearest Honey-bug," this with a masculine swagger from Pudge.

Pudge looked serious, then he clasped anew the hand that held his.

Pudge looked earnestly up into the two faces, smiling at him.

Tom halloed, and that blue-eyed pudge of a Catty pounded on the window with her fat little fist.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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