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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Compare dialectal English plud (“puddle”), from Middle English pludde (“small pool, puddle”).
Verb
plodge (third-person singular simple present plodges, present participle plodging or plodgin, simple past and past participle plodged)
- (Geordie) and (Wearside) To wade or splash around especially in the sea, or in puddles or mud.
References
- Frank Graham, editor (1987), “PLODGE”, in The New Geordie Dictionary, Rothbury, Northumberland: Butler Publishing, →ISBN.
- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN
Etymology 2
Blend of porter's + lodge
Noun
plodge (plural plodges)
- (Oxbridge slang) Contraction of porter's lodge.
1991 January 14, Alice Thomson, “Knuckling down to the new realism”, in The Times, page 26:The college system protects you, but it is very unfair to say that people at Oxbridge are not living in the real world. They do have some odd slang. ‘I'll p-hole you in the plodge’ meaning ‘I will leave a note for you in the porter’s lodge’ is just one example.
References
- “Oxford Glossary”, in mcr.seh.ox.ac.uk, St Edmund Hall, Oxford, MCR, 2016 August 7
- Walker, R.D.H. (2002) “The Jargon”, in www.queens.cam.ac.uk, Queen's College, Cambridge
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