Reddish in color, especially of the face, fire, or sky.
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Robust and vigorous, like a person with a red complexion (as compared to a pale one).
"Sister?" I inquired. "She ain't 'ere," a man's voice said. "What's more," it went on, "she ain't been 'ere for ruddy hours, neither. Can't you pull them ruddy curtains, mate, and let's 'ave some flippin' light?"
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(British, Australian, slang, not comparable) A mild intensifier, expressing irritation.
Michael, you have been sitting on your butt for the last two hours! Why didn't you mow the ruddy lawn?!!
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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