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pandy.

A fulling mill.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A fulling mill.

    countable · uncountable
  2. mashed potatoes

    Ireland · countable · informal · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Welsh pandy (“fulling house”).

verb
  1. To strike on the palm of the hand with a strap as a school punishment.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Latin pande (“hold out”), in schoolmaster commands pande manum "hold out [your] hand" or pande palmum "hold out [your] palm".

noun
  1. A slap on the palm of the hand with a strap.

  2. Hand.

    broadly · slang
Where this word comes from

From Latin pande (“hold out”), in schoolmaster commands pande manum "hold out [your] hand" or pande palmum "hold out [your] palm".

noun
  1. A mutineer.

Where this word comes from

After a corruption of Mangal Pandey, who started the Indian Mutiny of 1857.

verb
  1. To distribute or publicize, especially in order to curry favor.

    nonstandard · rare
Where this word comes from

Blend of pander + bandy, by confusion.

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