codder

1

/ (ˈkɒdə) /


noun
  1. a cod fisherman or his boat

Words Nearby codder

British Dictionary definitions for codder (2 of 2)

codder2

/ (ˈkɒdə) /


noun
  1. Yorkshire dialect the leader of a team of workers on a press at a steelworks

Origin of codder

2
perhaps from cod 4

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How to use codder in a sentence

  • That five thousand dollar codder up there seemed like own folks, pretty nigh.

    Cap'n Warren's Wards | Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Besides, being a true Cape codder, he disliked hiring other than Cape men to work the schooner.

    Sheila of Big Wreck Cove | James A. Cooper
  • My father stuck by his ship and went down with her, as did also her first mate, another Cape-codder.

    Kent Knowles: Quahaug | Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Will then completed his dressing, and looked like a Cape codder just arrived from a fishing-smack.

  • The Cape codder stopped quite speechless from retailing these marvels.

    Walter and the Wireless | Sara Ware Bassett