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CuddyEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
cuddyEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
Uncertain. Perhaps a contraction from Dutch kajuit (“cabin”).
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From Scots cuddie; compare Gaelic cudaig, cudainn, or English cuttlefish, or cod.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗cuddyEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
From buddy, with the initial "B" replaced with "C" in Crip slang.
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Chambers (1908)
1908- CuddyEnglish · e-37683-6588
Cuddy, kud′i, n. a small cabin or cookroom, in the fore-part of a boat or lighter: in large vessels, the officers' cabin under the poopdeck. [Origin uncertain; cf. Fr. cahute; Dut. kajuit; Ger. kajüte.]
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Cuddy, kud′i, n. the right of a lord to entertainment from his tenant: rent: (Spens.) Cuddeehih. [Corr. of Ir. cuid oidhche—cuid, a share, oidhche, night.]
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Cuddy, Cuddie, kud′i, n. a donkey: (Scot.) a stupid person. [Perh. formed from Cuthbert.]
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