pud

plural puds

1. colloquialcountableuncountablePudding (either sweet or savoury).First known use 18th c.

plural puds

1. countableslanguncountablePenis.First known use 20th c.

   Standing there, half-awake, pud in hand, he feels washed out and hungover, though he hasn't touched a drop in weeks.

   1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 387

plural puds

1. colloquialdatedChild's hand; child's fist.

   The kangaroos — your Aborigines — do they keep their primitive simplicity un-Europe-tainted, with those little short fore puds, looking like a lesson framed by Nature to the pickpocket!

   1823, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], Elia. Essays which have Appeared under that Signature in The London Magazine, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC

plural puds

1. alternativeAlternative form of pood (“Russian weight”).

1. abbreviationinitialismuncountableInitialism of peptic ulcer disease.

1. A unisex nickname.

   My dearest Pud, …

   1791 October 27th, a letter from E. T. to Pud, publi#* shed in Memoirs of the Life of Mrs. Sumbel, Late [Mary] Wells … written by herself, volume 1 (1811)

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   "Now take me to Pud Stoneham," said the sheriff to Jerry. "I've been lookin' for him for 'most a month. He's wanted for a dozen crimes."

   1906, Clarence Young, The Motor Boys Overland