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in the nuddy

in the nuddy prepositional phrase: naked or nude.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, childish) Naked or nude
    • He was on a favourite topic of his and he was reminding her, during their Sunday afternoon stroll, that Australia had borrowed a lot. "We have lived on borrowed money. We still live on it," he said. "Most of the things we have we obtained by borrowed money. The very clothes you are wearing are...1930 September 15, “Heard and Seen”, in Goulburn Evening Penny Post, page 2
    • It got a lot hotter than that some times. We used to swim in this lake in the nuddy. I learned to swim in the lake. It was all bush all around, beautiful park. All parks all around, all bush. We’d swim in the nuddy.2004 April 23, “Frederick Toholka (Punchy, Groper)” (14:09 from the start), in Australians at War Film Archive, episode 1869, spoken by an Australian World War II veteran (Frederick Toholka)
    Synonyms:
    in the nude

Examples of in the nuddy in a sentence

  • Am I to go round in the nuddy?" And his world crashed down around him.1930 September 15, “Heard and Seen”, in Goulburn Evening Penny Post, page 2:
  • Your time starts now. / Lou Sanders: Great. / Iain Stirling: This is right up our street! / Lou Sanders: OK, lovely, so we're all in the nuddy. / Iain Stirling: No.2019 June 12, “Rock 'n' roll umlaut.” (15:44 from the start), in Taskmaster, season 8, episode 6, spoken by a contestant (Lou Sanders):
  • The former, of course, means nudity is normalised (within reason); kids can feel free to run around in the nuddy and parents aren't too pressed about being seen in their birthday suits.2022 October 2, Lana Andelane, “Kiwi parents weigh in on whether nudity should be normalised in the family home”, in Stuff, archived from...

Synonyms of in the nuddy

Questions about in the nuddy

What does in the nuddy mean?
In the nuddy means naked or nude.
How do you use in the nuddy in a sentence?
Am I to go round in the nuddy?" And his world crashed down around him.
What part of speech is in the nuddy?
In the nuddy is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in the nuddy in the dictionary

  1. in the neighbourhood of
  2. in the nick
  3. in the nick of time
  4. in the nip
  5. in the nuddie
  6. in the nuddy
  7. in the nude
  8. in the offing
  9. in the old times
  10. in the open
  11. in the original German

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