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wautheriz, wuddrus noun a bed 19-. etymology: wautheries above is probably a development of this; Romany has woodrus with the same meaning; collected by Simson (1865) and attested by two of his informants; form wuddrus also attested by Galloway and Perthshire and Argyleshire Tinkler-Gypsies; form wautheriz collected by Rev John Baird from Kirk Yetholm Gypsies note:

Grellmann (1787) cites a form wirthus ‘a landlord’ from Continental gipsies. Scott & Crofton (1875) collected the forms Voódrus Woódrus and Wúdrus ‘a bed’ from English Gypsies.