Round 3640 PODDY-DODGER Time to vote!

[Shani Naylor]

Here are 13 definitions for our word PODDY-DODGER, one of which came from a dictionary and the remaining 12 from your fervid imaginations.

Please vote for 2 before the deadline, which is around 38 hours from this email (times below), or prior if all votes are in.

1.      A bicycle messenger.

2.      A child who is not toilet-trained.

3.      A cattle thief who steals unbranded calves.

4.      [Norfolk Dialect] A garden snail; a slow thinker.

5.      A person travelling on a train or bus and avoiding payment.

6.      [Pejorative] A horse that refuses to walk into standing water. 

7.      Australian slang. Good, excellent; intensive of dodger ‘satisfactory’.

8.      A poorly told joke; a joke with a lame punch line; a person who tells such jokes.

9.     (sl) An individual who has psychiatric issues but avoids institutionalized treatment.

10.  A small African sandpiper with short brown legs and red, grey, or blackish plumage.

11.  A person who avoids difficult work by keeping busy with minor or unnecessary tasks. 

12.  An open-faced sliced beef and hashed browns sandwich, covered with melted cheese.

13.  A street vendor who moves quickly between market stalls to sell leftover produce before closing time.

 Wellington, New Zealand

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 10:00 a.m.

Los Angeles, CA, USA
Sat, 18 Apr 2026 3:00 p.m.

New York, NY, USA
Sat, 18 Apr 2026 6:00 p.m.

London, United Kingdom
Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:00 p.m.

Paris, France
Sun, 19 Apr 2026 12:00 Midnight

 

[Tim Bourne]

1 and 6, please.

Best wishes, Tim B 

[Judy Madnick]

3 and 6 for calves and horses.

 

Judy Madnick

[Hugo Kornelis]

Hi Shani,

This time I will throw my votes at the creative authors of these two definitions:

7.      Australian slang. Good, excellent; intensive of dodger ‘satisfactory’.

12.  An open-faced sliced beef and hashed browns sandwich, covered with melted cheese.

Cheers,
Hugo

Op 17-4-2026 om 11:22 schreef Shani Naylor:

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[Paul Keating]

5 and 11. 

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On 2026-04-17 11:22:28, Shani Naylor <shani....@gmail.com> wrote:

5.      A person travelling on a train or bus and avoiding payment.

11.  A person who avoids difficult work by keeping busy with minor or unnecessary tasks. 

[France International/Mike Shefler]

I'll go with 6 and 11.

--Mike

[Chowie]

1 and 2 please

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[Eric Boxer]

I'll vote for 1 and 10.

Eric

[Tim Lodge]

I'll take the two least likely: 4 and 12.

4.      [Norfolk Dialect] A garden snail; a slow thinker.

12.  An open-faced sliced beef and hashed browns sandwich, covered with melted cheese.

-- Tim L 

[nancygoat]

I'll take the beasts: 4 and 10.

Nancy

[Daniel B. Widdis]

4 and 12 for me

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[Efrem Mallach]

3 and 11, please. 

Efrem 

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On Apr 17, 2026, at 11:22 AM, Shani Naylor <shani....@gmail.com> wrote:



Here are 13 definitions for our word PODDY-DODGER, one of which came from a dictionary and the remaining 12 from your fervid imaginations.

Please vote for 2 before the deadline, which is around 38 hours from this email (times below), or prior if all votes are in.

3.      A cattle thief who steals unbranded calves.