cuddy

keittiö puhekieltä a cabin, for the use of the captain, in the after part of a sailing ship under the poop deck
a small cupboard or closet
puhekieltä A donkey, especially one driven by a huckster or greengrocer.
1932, (w), Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 31:

folk said the cuddy had bided so long with Pooty that whenever it opened its mouth to give a bit bray it started to stutter.

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