Meanings
adjectivethroddy (comparative more throddy, superlative most throddy)
comparative more throddy · superlative most throddy
- Northern EnglandUSregionalSturdy, well-built; plump.
How it would please me to get my hands on that throddy birthing body, he said.
2017, Benjamin Myers, The Gallows Pole, Bloomsbury, published 2019, page 35
Origin
From throdden + -y.
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throddy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/throddy
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