crowdie

English

Etymology

Origin unknown.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɹaʊdi/

Noun

crowdie (countable and uncountable, plural crowdies)

  1. (Scotland, now historical) Gruel or thin porridge.
    • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 270:
      The old woman shuffled out from the back room with a handful of coal and a bowl of crowdie for the boy.
  2. A Scottish form of cottage cheese.
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