pudder

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

PUD'DER, noun [This is supposed to be the same as pother.] A tumult; a confused noise; bustle. [Vulgar.] PUD'DER, verb intransitive To make a tumult or bustle. PUD'DER, verb transitive To perplex; to embarrass; to confuse; vulgarly to bother.
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