| 释义 |
powldoody|paʊlˈduːdɪ|
Also poul-, -dowdy.
[From Pouldoody (? poll Dubhda, O'Dowd's Hole), name of the inner part of a creek near Corcomroe Abbey in Co. Clare.]
A celebrated variety of Irish oyster: see quot. 1890.
1819Blackw. Mag. V. 718 We had some scolloped Powl⁓doodies for supper. 1828Ibid. XXIII. 388 We are willing to bet a barrel, and make the first deposit of a dozen powl⁓doodies at Ambrose's. 1890Standard 26 Dec. 6/4 Wonderfully large supplies of exquisitely flavoured ‘powldoodies’..used to be obtained from ‘the..shores of the Green Isle’. |