▪ I. podder1
(ˈpɒdə(r))
[f. pod n.2 or v.1 + -er1; orig. a local term.]
A person employed in gathering peas in the pod.
| 1681 Blount Glossogr. (ed. 5), Podders, Pescod-gatherers about London, so called. 1706 Phillips, Podders, poor People employ'd to gather Pease, Pease-cod Gatherers. 1765 Goldsm. Ess. Misc. Wks. 1837 I. 248 Those who have seen..the weeders, podders, and hoppers, who swarm in the fields. 1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. II. 587 The expence of gathering green peas is different, according to the difficulty of procuring podders [etc.]. 1844 Cheshire Gloss., Podder,..one who gathers field peas for market. |
▪ II. podder2
see podware.
▪ III. podder3
see under pod v.2