The story
- Middle English · derived fromspuddle“short knife”
- English todayspudger
1425–75; a variant of late Middle English spuddle (“short knife”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
spudger
Today it means: A hand tool used to work on punch-down blocks without short circuiting electric terminals. It has a hook on one end and a notched blade on the other. Full definition →
Middle English spuddle