powldoody

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Etymology[edit]

From Pouldoody (name of the inner part of a creek near Corcomroe Abbey in County Clare), possibly from Irish poll Dubhda (literally “O’Dowd’s hole”).[1]

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Noun[edit]

powldoody (plural powldoodies)

  1. (rare) A variety of Irish oyster, eaten as a delicacy.

References[edit]

  1. ^ James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Powldoody”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volumes VII (O–P), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1215, column 3.
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