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单词 poddy dodger
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Definition of poddy dodger in English:

poddy dodger

nounˈpɒdɪdɒdʒə
Australian
  • A person who steals unbranded cattle.

    the cattle were forced on to the hills, where they were easy picking for the old poddy dodger
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They didn't want him on the place because they classed him as a poddy-dodger.
    • He was the poddy-dodger who trained Ned Kelly.
    • I learnt that trick off an old poddy-dodger.
    • I was worried we might be dealing with poddy dodgers instead of straying cattle.
    • Elegantly clad in the latest fashion, the poddy dodger lived it up in Sydney's best hotels.
    • Dad had fought with the Anzacs and had been an artful poddy dodger.
    • They over-reacted to the threat of poddy dodgers on their boundaries.
    • I was a poddy dodger in the wild country on the Kimberley coast.
    • And I won't even ask how long you've been 'saving' my cattle for me, you thieving old poddy dodger.
    • The place was notorious as a poddy-dodger's paradise.

Origin

Early 20th century: from poddy (in the Australian sense 'calf') + dodger.

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