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rhody colloq.|ˈrəʊdɪ|
Also 9 roddy; rhodie.
[f. rhododendron + -y6.]
= rhododendron 2. Cf. rhodo.
1851H. Mayhew London Labour I. 133/2 I've bought roddies, as I calls them (rhododendrons), at 4s. a dozen. 1937Partridge Dict. Slang 696/1 Rhody, -ie, a rhododendron: ‘nursery’ and familiar coll.: C. 20. 1943C. S. Churchill Let. 17 May in M. Soames Clementine Churchill (1979) xxii. 336 Your favourite rhodie was in full bloom. 1951W. Sansom Face of Innocence viii. 106 Among the rhodies a polishing and a stoking were abroad. 1973Country Life 25 Jan. 231/3 I'm overrun by..Rhododendron ponticum... The pontic rhodie is drear indeed. |