fodgel
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of fodgel
1760–65; dialect ( Yorkshire ) fodge “a short, fat person” + -el adj. suffix
Example Sentences
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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.
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert
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