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Neddy   Listen
noun
Neddy  n.  (pl. neddies)  (Zool.) A pet name for a donkey.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Neddy" Quotes from Famous Books



... the barge having passed over it. She knew what it was, but she wanted to reach the wharf and go ashore and have a quart of ale. No use picking it up, only make a mess on deck, there was no reward—"Gee-up! Neddy." The barge went on, turning up the mud in the shallow water, sending ripples washing up to the grassy meadow shores, while the moorhens hid in the flags till it was gone. In time a labourer walking on the towing-path saw "it," and fished it out, and ...
— The Life of the Fields • Richard Jefferies

... in her cham'er, As I bensils owd Neddy i' t' cart. If prayers willent teach thee, my dolly, Happen whip-stock will mak thy tears start. But she stood there as chuff as a mawmet,(5) Not one chunt'rin(6) word did she say: But she hoped that t' blooid o' t' martyrs Would waish all ...
— Songs of the Ridings • F. W. Moorman



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