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pudsey

pudsey is the alternative form of pudsy.

Meaning of pudsy

Noun

pudsy (plural not attested)

  1. (dated, endearing, no plural) A nickname for a chubby or pudgy person, especially a baby.
    • Pixie cried, "Food values my father's foot! All she knows about food, Mrs Fry, is how to feed her own fat face!" Brownie the little echo trilled, "That's why she's such a pudsey!"1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Melbourne: Angus & Robertson, page 16

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Proper noun capitalized: Pudsey

Pudsey

  1. A market town in the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2233).
  2. A hamlet near Cornholme, Todmorden parish, Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SD9126).

Questions about pudsey

What does pudsey mean?
Pudsey means a market town in the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2233).
What is pudsey the alternative form of?
Pudsey is the alternative form of pudsy.
What part of speech is pudsey?
Pudsey is a proper noun.

Words near pudsey in the dictionary

  1. Pudneys
  2. PUDO
  3. Pudong
  4. pudor
  5. puds
  6. pudsey
  7. pudsy
  8. Pudtol
  9. pudu
  10. Puducherry
  11. Pudukkottai

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