crowdie

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UK/ˈkɹaʊdi/

noun

Gruel or thin porridge.

OriginEarly Scots crud →
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Meanings

nouncrowdie (countable and uncountable, plural crowdies)

plural crowdies

  1. ScotlandcountablehistoricaluncountableGruel or thin porridge.

    The old woman shuffled out from the back room with a handful of coal and a bowl of crowdie for the boy.

    1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 270
  2. countableuncountableA Scottish form of cottage cheese.

Origin

  1. Early Scotscrud“curd”
  2. Englishcrowdie

Alteration of Early Scots crud (“curd”), cognate with Early Modern English and Middle English crud, crudde (14th c.), crodde, of unknown origin.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with crowdie

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Cite this entry
APA

crowdie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crowdie

MLA

“crowdie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crowdie. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crowdie,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crowdie.

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