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fodgel

[ foj-uhl ]

adjective

, Scot.
  1. fat; stout; plump.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of fodgel1

1760–65; dialect ( Yorkshire ) fodge “a short, fat person” + -el adj. suffix
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Example Sentences

If in your bounds ye chance to light Upon a fine, fat, fodgel wight, O’ stature short, but genius bright, That’s he, mark weel— And wow! he has an unco slight O’ cauk and keel.

I met wi’ twa dink quines in particular, ane o’ them a sonsie, fine, fodgel lass, baith braw and bonnie; the tither was clean-shankit, straught, tight, weelfar’d winch, as blythe’s a lintwhite on a flowerie thorn, and as sweet and modest’s a new-blawn plumrose in a hazle shaw.

I met wi' twa dink quines in particlar, ane o' them a sonsie, fine, fodgel lass, baith braw and bonnie; the tither was a clean-shankit, straught, tight, weel-far'd winch, as blythe's a lintwhite on a flowerie thorn, and as sweet and modest's a new blawn plumrose in a hazle shaw.

Collecting The Antiquities Of That Kingdom Hear, Land o' Cakes, and brither Scots, Frae Maidenkirk to Johnie Groat's;— If there's a hole in a' your coats, I rede you tent it: A chield's amang you takin notes, And, faith, he'll prent it: If in your bounds ye chance to light Upon a fine, fat fodgel wight, O' stature short, but genius bright, That's he, mark weel; And wow! he has an unco sleight O' cauk and keel.

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