Cuddy
CUDDY n donkey
These gentle beasts are not generally associated with intelligence, hence the transference of the word cuddy to refer to a foolish person, as in the proverb quoted in the Scotsman (1910) 'A cuddie should never handle tocher (money)'. They are not known for their speed either, giving rise to another proverb, preserved in Hislop?s collection (1868), 'A cuddy's gallop's sune done'. This could be...
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