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neddy

[ ned-ee ]

noun

plural neddies.
  1. British Informal. donkey.
  2. Australian Slang. a horse.


neddy

/ ˈ²ÔÉ›»åɪ /

noun

  1. a child's word for a donkey
  2. informal.
    a silly person; fool
  3. informal.
    a horse, esp a racehorse

    he lost his money on the neddies

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Origin of neddy1

1780–90; apparently generic use of personal name Neddy; Ned, -y 2
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of neddy1

C18: from Ned, pet form of Edward
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Local and national awards are too numerous to list but include an Artist Trust Fellowship Award, an Art Matters fellowship and research grant, the Stranger Genius Award, a MacDowell residency Pollock-Krasner Fellowship and the Neddy Artist Award in painting.

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Since its founding by the Behnke Foundation, the Neddy Award has been given out nearly every year to outstanding Pacific Northwest visual artists, including Anthony White, Claire Cowie and Christopher Paul Jordan.

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“He looks after us, especially me. I said to him earlier, like, ‘Neddy, could you do something for me?’

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Regardless of all that when Ned discovered Cersei's children – and Robert's supposed heirs – were actually fathered by Cersei's brother Jaime, Neddy believed the noble and gracious thing to do was to confront the Queen with the truth and give her the opportunity to disappear in the night.

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As Ms. Davis emerged from her grief, she made a painting of two rowboats — “side by side but not touching,†she observed, just like “Neddy and me.â€

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