guddy
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Hindi गद्दी (gaddī).
Noun
[edit]guddy (plural guddies)
- (India, obsolete) A throne (royal seat) with a large cushion or pillow at the head.
- (India, obsolete) The pad placed on an elephant's back as a seat for the rider.
- (India, obsolete) A quire of paper.
References
[edit]- Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “guddy”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].