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mardy

A word used commonly in the Ilkeston - Heanor area of Derbyshire meaning the person is a 'cry-baby' or scared to attempt something.

*Childish, easily upset, cowardly - a word restricted to an area between Leicestershire in the South and South Lancashire/South Yorkshire in the North.
( 'Ey Up Mi Duck' The dialect of Derbyshire and the East Midlands - Richard Scullins & John Titford - Countryside Books. Published 2000 ISBN 1 85306 658 3
'Gi' over scrating thee mardy sod'

(Stop crying you childish person)
by Chris Bancroft January 7, 2005
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