PODDY

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ADJ.
1. corpulent, obese, stout; round in the belly ...1844 colloq.
2. drunk ...B1900 colloq.

NOUN
1. a farmer ...1831 Eng. dial. ?obs.
2. a bottle of alcohol ...L19 Aust. sl.
3. a hand-fed calf ...B1900 Aust.
4. a child's shoe ...B1900 Eng. dial. 

​ETYMOLOGY

from pod (n.) + -y
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FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
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1844 - Letters and Literary Remains, Edward Fitzgerald;  see below
(as per E-NED and the Historical Thesaurus of English; 
earlier example (1823) shown in the Example below)​

From: Suffolk Words and Phrases: 
Or, An Attempt to Collect the Lingual Localisms of that County.
By Edward Moor, 1823

EXAMPLE

From: Letters and Literary Remains of Edward Fitzgerald
Edited by William Aldis Wright
Volume I, 1889
To Bernard Barton, Geldestone, 22 August, 1844
P. 138