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podder

podder noun: one who collects pods or pulse. Also the alternative form of pother.

Noun (1)

podder (plural podders)

  1. One who collects pods or pulse.
    • That strength of body is often equal to the courage of mind implanted in the fair sex, will not be denied by those who have seen the water-women of Plymouth; the female drudges of Ireland, Wales, and Scotland; the fish-women of Billinsgate; the weeders, podders, and hoppers, who swarm the fields...1778, T. S., “Proposals for raising Female Regiments”, in The Lady's Magazine Or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex, volume 9, page 584
    • And it is added, that it is frequently a practice with the large cultivators of early green pea crops, in the neighbourhood of London, to dispose of them, by the acre, to inferior persons, who procure the podders[…]1807, “The Complete Farmer”, in Society of Arts, Great Britain
  2. Any of various devices for harvesting and/or removing the pods from peas, beans, or other crops with pods.
    • Another advantage of the "podder" lies in the fact that the peas do not get wet and sticky from the juice of the vines , but remain dry and so may be more quickly and easily cleaned, thus shortening the time before the peas are in the cans.1902, Olin Lee Deming, Science and Experiment as Applied to Canning, page 97
    • In the “podder” the mechanism is still simpler. Instead of passing the whole vines into the machine, the pods are picked off by hand and these are fed into the machine through a hopper. The removal of the peas from the pods is effected in the same way as in the viner, and the peas and pods...1907, Liberty Hyde Bailey, Crops, page 170
  3. A plant that produces pods, or the vegetable produced by such a plant.
    • No such peas now should ever receive any award of merit. We want a rather dwarfer race generally, and especially we want more quality in our first early sorts. Not only in fact are these of indifferent quality, but they are poor podders and croppers.1801 August 1, “Peas at Chiswick”, in The Gardener's Chronicle, volume 10, page 133
    • It never became popular as a farmers' crop, because directly its pods filled out they became very pale in colour, a bad point with a podder.1899 January 28, J. Crawford, “Essex Peas”, in The Garden, volume 55, page 64
  4. One who identifies the sex of hemp plants by their production of pods.
    • He says, on page 19, in speaking of the "podder, "whose duty it is to cut out all the male plants in the hemp fields, and who reverses the usual order of designating sex by calling the useful female plants males, and the useless males females: "If we had such impudent podders in the animal world...1912 August 24, T.J. Savage, “Book Reviews: An Essay on Hasheesh. By Victor Robinson”, in The Lancet-clinic, volume 108, page 213
  5. One who was born in or lives in a pod.
    • Brrrtr had even sent Hrrryr, a podder. They had been born in the same pod.2007, Samuel Blankson, The Kolumbas Affair, page 195
    • 'It's the essential meat gunk that is supplied to the still-living podders,' she explained.2010, Robertski Brothers, The McAtrix Derided
  6. One who listens to music on an iPod.
    • Due to the signature white earphones, iPod users are able to recognize other "podders," an activity referred to as pod spotting.2004, Innovation: The Journal of the Industrial Designers Society of America, page 32
    • You can still see podders with that vacant, 1,000-yard stare in coffeehouses, checkout lines and on treadmills, but the numbers are dwindling.2006 July, Peter Buffa, “Hot stuff— for now”, in Orange Coast Magazine, volume 32, number 7, page 192
  7. One who creates and broadcasts podcasts.
    • I find blogs to be very useful, but I'm not a blogger, I'm a podder.2005, Library Journal - Volume 130, Issues 8-13, page 12
    • While a bizarre number of podcasts do seem to come from American states dominated by vowels (Idaho, Utah, Indiana, etc.), there are growing numbers of proud podders flying the flag for Britain.2005, Steve Shipside, Podcasting: The ultimate starter kit, page 87

Noun (2)

podder (plural podders)

  1. (South Africa) A frog or toad.
    • It sounds like treacle,' said Abe, with a puzzled look; but I don't see what the podder's got to do with it, anyhow; and the young woman's got no business to be wasting her time waiting for the milk to set.1898, The Literary World - Volume 57, page 70
    • Now and then toads would appear, and the shout " There's a podder!" would come from some child or other during an acute moving crisis.1930, Mother Cecile in South Africa, 1883-1906: Foundress of the Community of the Resurrection of Our Lord, page 37

Also used as

podder is also the alternative form of pother.

podder is also the pronunciation spelling of powder.

podder is also the alternative form of podar.

podder is also the alternative form of podware.

Examples of podder in a sentence

  • Many of the richer persons sell their Peas by the acre, to persons who employ the podders, and who gather by the sack of four bushels.1820, Thomas Green, The Universal herbal, page 345:
  • In the “podder” the mechanism is still simpler.1907, Liberty Hyde Bailey, Crops, page 170:
  • When I had set the podder up, on the 4th of July, and gave it a trial on the morning of the 5th, Mr.1914, R.P. Scott, “Solving the Riddle of Hulling Peas”, in Arthur I Judge, editor, Souvenir of the 7th Annual Convention of the National...
  • The podder can also harvest awkward corners in a field previously left unharvested.1982, Horticulture Now - Issues 2-9, page 29:

Forms of podder

pluralpodders

Origin of podder

From pod + -er.

Alteration of podware.

Questions about podder

What does podder mean?
Podder means one who collects pods or pulse.
How do you use podder in a sentence?
Many of the richer persons sell their Peas by the acre, to persons who employ the podders, and who gather by the sack of four bushels.
What part of speech is podder?
Podder is a noun.
What is the plural of podder?
The plural of podder is podders.

Words near podder in the dictionary

  1. podcats
  2. Podcrkavlje
  3. poddar
  4. poddars
  5. podded
  6. podder
  7. podders
  8. poddidge
  9. poddier
  10. poddies
  11. poddiest

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