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puddock¹

noun puddocks

  1. A bird, the red kite. One cottager in particular interests me: Henry Howsden, born to John the shepherd and his wife, Mary. I picture him as a young lad two centuries ago, hiding in the flowerbeds, chasing butterflies, pointing up at the puddocks, playing games with his siblings and Clare’s children.

puddock²

noun puddocks

  1. obsolete Obsolete spelling of paddock (“contemptible or malicious person”). [T]here was grandfaither's siller tester in the puddock’s heart of him.

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@misc{puddock_2026,
  title = {puddock},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/puddock},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}