Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
†TOWDY, n. Also taudy. The buttocks, the posterior (Per., Cld. 1825 Jam.). Comb. taudy-fee, the fine imposed by the church courts for fornication, cf. Buttock-mail s.v. Buttock. [′tʌudi]Abd. 1733 W. Forbes Dominie Depos'd (1765) 40–1:
But yet nor kirk nor consterie, Quo' they, can ask the taudy fee . . . Play, cries the cummer, with a glower, The wanton towdy.
