plural cuddies
1
: a usually small cabin or shelter (as on a sailboat)
2
: a small room or cupboard
variants
or cuddie
plural cuddies
Examples of cuddy in a Sentence
Noun (1)
kept his stash of liquor in a small cuddy by the dining room
Noun (2)
the pub seemed to be the favorite haunt of every cuddy in the village
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Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
Wright’s boat, a 21-foot cuddy cabin, remains moored at dock, just like his fishing/mentoring ministry.
—Jaimie Ding, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2022
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Noun
But when the Coast Guard approached on a 45-foot response boat, authorities said, the cuddy cabin boat began racing south to evade arrest.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
Wright’s boat, a 21-foot cuddy cabin, remains moored at dock, just like his fishing/mentoring ministry.
—Jaimie Ding, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2022
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“Cuddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cuddy. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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