big as a house vs poddy

big as a house

poddy

noun
  • A hand-fed calf or lamb (a young animal needing milk or milk-substitute). 

  • An unbranded calf. 

  • An immature mullet. 

verb
  • To hand-feed (a young animal). 

adj
  • 1901, Miles Franklin, My Brilliant Career, %22poddies%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Qc7dT_evJ4muiAfboJ2ZCg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22poddy%22 %22poddies%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 207, 

  • 1964, New South Wales Department of Agriculture, The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, Volume 74, %22poddies%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22poddy%22 %22poddies%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Qc7dT_evJ4muiAfboJ2ZCg&redir_esc=y page 646, 

  • 2008, Barry Heard, The View from Connor′s Hill, %22poddies%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22poddy%22 %22poddies%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Qc7dT_evJ4muiAfboJ2ZCg&redir_esc=y page 56, 

  • Fat, corpulent. 

  • Fed by hand. 

  • Of or pertaining to a pod or pods. 

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