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 FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 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
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