Etymology

powldoody

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Today it means: A variety of Irish oyster, eaten as a delicacy. Full definition →

Irish poll Dubhda
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  1. Irish · derived frompoll Dubhda
  2. English todaypowldoody

From Pouldoody (name of the inner part of a creek near Corcomroe Abbey in County Clare), possibly from Irish poll Dubhda (literally “O’Dowd’s hole”).

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