boodie

English

Etymology 1

Variant of body.

Noun

boodie (plural boodies)

  1. Obsolete spelling of body

Etymology 2

Modification of Scottish Gaelic bodach (“old man, churl, miser, ghost”), from Middle Irish botach (“serf, rustic, peasant”), from bot (“penis”) + -ach.[1]

Noun

boodie (plural boodies)

  1. (Scotland) A hobgoblin.[2]

Etymology 3

From Nyunga burdi.[3]

Noun

boodie (plural boodies)

  1. (Australia) A species of bettong, Bettongia lesueur.
    • 1968, Vincent Serventy, Wildlife of Australia‎, page 34:
      However, the boodie, once common over much of southern Australia, is now only found in numbers on offshore islands on the mid-west coast. Boodies are sociable animals and since they dig burrows, considerable warrens can be formed.
    • 1985, Australia's Amazing Wildlife, page 304:
      The bettongs live in moderately dry country and with the exception of the Boodie, which digs burrows, all make nests of grass on the ground.
    • 2002, C. R. Veitch, Michael Norman Clout, editors, Turning the Tide: the Eradication of Invasive Species: Proceedings of the International Conference on the Eradication of Island Invasives, page 224:
      The work on Boodie Island was the first attempt in Australia to eradicate black rats in the presence of a threatened, non-target mammal. […] It is likely that as many as 200-300 boodies now inhabit the island.
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References
  1. “boodie”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  2. Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. Merriam-Webster, 2002. http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com (17 Aug 2011)
  3. “boodie” in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press, accessed 2012 September 12.

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