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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈnɛdi/ Audio: en-au-neddy.ogg Forms: neddies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛdi Etymology: From Ned + -y, Ned being a diminutive of Edward. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Ned|y}} Ned + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} neddy (plural neddies)
  1. A donkey or ass. Categories (lifeform): Horses Translations (a donkey or ass): osioł [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-neddy-en-noun-GfWn~eSY Disambiguation of Horses: 15 13 36 30 1 6 Disambiguation of 'a donkey or ass': 98 0 1 1 0
  2. (UK, Australia, slang) A horse, especially a racehorse. Tags: Australia, UK, slang Categories (lifeform): Horses Translations (a horse, especially a racehorse): koń wyścigowy [masculine] (Polish), koń [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-neddy-en-noun-f5pGRbLx Disambiguation of Horses: 15 13 36 30 1 6 Categories (other): Australian English, British English, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 17 40 35 1 Disambiguation of 'a horse, especially a racehorse': 0 93 5 2 0
  3. (Australia, slang, in the plural, with "the") The horse races. Tags: Australia, in-plural, slang, with-definite-article Categories (topical): Buildings, Rooms Categories (lifeform): Horses
    Sense id: en-neddy-en-noun-C1N-a61c Disambiguation of Buildings: 9 9 34 32 1 15 Disambiguation of Rooms: 8 9 34 32 1 16 Disambiguation of Horses: 15 13 36 30 1 6 Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 14 45 25 1 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 10 17 45 26 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 17 40 35 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 13 49 28 1 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 13 48 25 1 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 13 19 40 26 1
  4. (Australia, colloquial, slang, usually in the plural) Horsepower. Tags: Australia, colloquial, plural-normally, slang Categories (topical): Buildings, Rooms Categories (lifeform): Horses
    Sense id: en-neddy-en-noun-rIF4piQw Disambiguation of Buildings: 9 9 34 32 1 15 Disambiguation of Rooms: 8 9 34 32 1 16 Disambiguation of Horses: 15 13 36 30 1 6 Categories (other): Australian English, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 17 40 35 1
  5. An idiot; a stupid or contemptible person. Translations (an idiot; a stupid or contemptible person): głupek [masculine] (Polish), dureń [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-neddy-en-noun-gg8Yi3Wn Disambiguation of 'an idiot; a stupid or contemptible person': 0 0 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈnɛdi/ Audio: en-au-neddy.ogg Forms: neddies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛdi Etymology: Variant of netty. Head templates: {{en-noun}} neddy (plural neddies)
  1. (Geordie, obsolete) Alternative form of netty: an outhouse; a lavatory; a toilet. Tags: Geordie, alt-of, alternative, obsolete Alternative form of: netty (extra: an outhouse; a lavatory; a toilet) Categories (topical): Buildings, Rooms, Toilet (room)
    Sense id: en-neddy-en-noun-ZEUyeXeu Disambiguation of Buildings: 9 9 34 32 1 15 Disambiguation of Rooms: 8 9 34 32 1 16 Disambiguation of Toilet (room): 7 7 25 25 1 37 Categories (other): Geordie English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2009 March 23, ^Tems^, “We need a new grid ad”, in aus.tv (Usenet):",
          "text": "I was up to 6 horses and figured to keep them fit and off the roids and put two in each race and get 1st and 2nd to build up the cash. Got home drunk saturday night saw a fake neddy at 4-1 so put all my $300k on it and lost.\nGlad I wasn't Jean Bridges and spent $300k of my real money",
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          "text": "Weird as it sounds, it was because you weren't going fast enough :-) I've found that if you wick it up too much exiting a curve you tend to do one of those feet off the pegs numbers. Fun, huh? Otoh, if you carry more corner speed the back is more likely to let go gradually, because the tyre is already closer to the edge, so it doesn't require a fist full of neddies to break it loose. I still wouldn't recommmend it for the road...",
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          "ref": "2007 March 24, Noddy nospam, “GT40 on ebay”, in aus.cars (Usenet):",
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          "text": "1967, Royal Aero Club (Great Britain), Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom, United Service and Royal Aero Club, Flight International, Volume 91, page 496,\nThe trouble is that the neddies in the Board of Trade would probably approve it."
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          "ref": "1973, Edmund Cooper, The Cloud Walker, Gollancz, published 2011, unnumbered page:",
          "text": "“The neddies might call it a machine. They might think you guilty of machinism.”\n“Hang the stupid neddies!” Kieron carefully loosened the mooring, and the balloon rose.",
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        {
          "ref": "2003 April 29, Fred Nieman, “90 cadence”, in aus.bicycle (Usenet):",
          "text": "From my uninformed reading of cycliterature (and other stuff), if you are a mainly short-twitch muscle type - a sprinter - then your natural cadence will be higher that^([sic]) if you are a mainly long-twitch muscle type - a hill-climber, or in neddy-racing terms, a \"stayer\" (I think).",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007 January 8, BearCave, “Peter Holden moving to Now FM”, in aus.radio.broadcast (Usenet):",
          "text": "AIRNews founder Arthur Stevens wishes Holden well adding, \"We will miss his insights into the world of Aussie Rules Football and his understanding of the neddies and the Spring Racing Carnival.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009 March 23, ^Tems^, “We need a new grid ad”, in aus.tv (Usenet):",
          "text": "I was up to 6 horses and figured to keep them fit and off the roids and put two in each race and get 1st and 2nd to build up the cash. Got home drunk saturday night saw a fake neddy at 4-1 so put all my $300k on it and lost.\nGlad I wasn't Jean Bridges and spent $300k of my real money",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A horse, especially a racehorse."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "horse",
          "horse"
        ],
        [
          "racehorse",
          "racehorse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, Australia, slang) A horse, especially a racehorse."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "UK",
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Australian English",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2010, Peter Klein, Silk Chaser, Pan Macmillan Australia, page 272:",
          "text": "He′d usually be there at the same place most Saturdays and we ended up sharing a beer talking about the neddies. It just grew from there. I′d nod at him; ask him how he was going. We′d talk racing, have a dig at each other for backing losers.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The horse races."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "horse race"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Australia, slang, in the plural, with \"the\") The horse races."
      ],
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        "Australia",
        "in-plural",
        "slang",
        "with-definite-article"
      ]
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      "categories": [
        "Australian English",
        "English colloquialisms",
        "English slang",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1997 December 3, Graham Byrnes, “Heartstopping moment.....”, in aus.motorcycles (Usenet):",
          "text": "Weird as it sounds, it was because you weren't going fast enough :-) I've found that if you wick it up too much exiting a curve you tend to do one of those feet off the pegs numbers. Fun, huh? Otoh, if you carry more corner speed the back is more likely to let go gradually, because the tyre is already closer to the edge, so it doesn't require a fist full of neddies to break it loose. I still wouldn't recommmend it for the road...",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007 March 24, Noddy nospam, “GT40 on ebay”, in aus.cars (Usenet):",
          "text": "No chance in hell, even if it was a Gurney Eagle engine. The only way you can get those sort of neddies out of a 302 Windsor would be boost.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Horsepower."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Horsepower",
          "horsepower"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Australia, colloquial, slang, usually in the plural) Horsepower."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "colloquial",
        "plural-normally",
        "slang"
      ]
    },
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        "English terms with quotations"
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        {
          "text": "1967, Royal Aero Club (Great Britain), Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom, United Service and Royal Aero Club, Flight International, Volume 91, page 496,\nThe trouble is that the neddies in the Board of Trade would probably approve it."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1973, Edmund Cooper, The Cloud Walker, Gollancz, published 2011, unnumbered page:",
          "text": "“The neddies might call it a machine. They might think you guilty of machinism.”\n“Hang the stupid neddies!” Kieron carefully loosened the mooring, and the balloon rose.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An idiot; a stupid or contemptible person."
      ],
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        [
          "idiot",
          "idiot"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnɛdi/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛdi"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a donkey or ass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "osioł"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a horse, especially a racehorse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "koń wyścigowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a horse, especially a racehorse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "koń"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "an idiot; a stupid or contemptible person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "głupek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "an idiot; a stupid or contemptible person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dureń"
    }
  ],
  "word": "neddy"
}

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    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛdi",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛdi/2 syllables",
    "en:Buildings",
    "en:Horses",
    "en:Rooms",
    "en:Toilet (room)"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "Variant of netty.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "neddies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "neddy (plural neddies)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "extra": "an outhouse; a lavatory; a toilet",
          "word": "netty"
        }
      ],
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        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Geordie English",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1825, John Trotter Brockett, Glossary of North Country Words::",
          "text": "Neddy, Netty, a certain place that will not bear a written explanation, but which is depicted to the very life in a tail-piece in the first edition of Bewick's ‘Land Birds’ (1797), p. 285.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative form of netty: an outhouse; a lavatory; a toilet."
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          "netty",
          "netty#English"
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          "outhouse",
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          "lavatory",
          "lavatory"
        ],
        [
          "toilet",
          "toilet"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Geordie, obsolete) Alternative form of netty: an outhouse; a lavatory; a toilet."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Geordie",
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnɛdi/"
    },
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      "audio": "en-au-neddy.ogg",
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛdi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "neddy"
}

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