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pundle|ˈpʌnd(ə)l|
[Origin obscure: cf. bundle.]
†1. (See quots.) Obs. ? dial.
1706Phillips (ed. 6), Pundle, as ‘She is a very Pundle’, i.e. an ill shap'd and ill dress'd Creature. 1736Ainsworth Eng.-Lat. Dict., Pundle, a short and fat woman. [Hence in Johnson and mod. Dicts.]
2. Local name for the wigeon. ? Obs.
[Cf. pandle-whew, s.v. pandle.] |