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Neddy

[ned-ee]

ned·dy

[ned-ee]
noun, plural -dies.
1.
British Informal. donkey.
2.
Australian Slang. a horse.

Origin:
1780–90; apparently generic use of personal name Neddy; see Ned, -y2
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Neddy is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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ned (nɛd)
 
n
slang, derogatory (Scot) a young working-class male who dresses in casual sports clothes
 
[C20: a shortened form of Edward]
 
'neddy
 
adj
 
'neddish
 
adj

neddy (ˈnɛdɪ)
 
n , pl -dies
1.  a child's word for a donkey
2.  informal a silly person; fool
3.  informal (Austral) a horse, esp a racehorse: he lost his money on the neddies
 
[C18: from Ned, pet form of Edward]

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