Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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POODGIE, adj. Quarrelsome, touchy, snappish, curmudgeonly (Ayr. 1921 T.S.D.C.).
[? A variant of Pudgie, little and thick-set. on the assumption that such people are bad-tempered.]
