noun

• (nautical) A cabin, for the use of the captain, in the after part of a sailing ship under the poop deck.
  "Being summoned to the cuddy to breakfast, I had not been there five minutes when I turned deadly sick, was obliged to retire to my cot […] ."
• (Scotland, Durham, Northumberland, historical) A donkey, especially one driven by a huckster or greengrocer.
  "folk said the cuddy had bided so long with Pooty that whenever it opened its mouth to give a bit bray it started to stutter."
• (UK, mining) A pony that works in a mine.
• (dated) A blockhead; a lout.
  "1840-1841, Thomas Hood, "Miss Kilmansegg and Her Precious Leg" It cost more tricks and trouble, by half, Than it takes to exhibit a six-legged calf To a boothful of country cuddies."

noun

• (African-American Vernacular, slang) A close friend or buddy.
  "I can't lie, I like to get high and figure-8 when I drive / Blow doja rope in the sky for all my cuddies that died"