poodle, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

poodle n.

1. any breed of dog.

1933

(ref. to 1890–1910) L.G.D. Acland Early Canterbury Runs (1951) 391: Poodle – Slang. Pet dog of any breed.

2. (also French poodle) a sausage [play on hot dog n.¹ (1)].

1908		A.N. Lyons Arthur’s 15: We fair busted ourselves on poodles an’ mashed.
1949–51		in M. Daly Profile of Youth 232: They may drive to a hamburger joint [...] for a ‘French poodle’ (hot dog).

3. an act of wandering [poodle v.].

1938		F.D. Sharpe Sharpe of the Flying Squad 241: We’ll have a poodle round and as soon as we find them I’ll give you a tinkle on the blower.
1983		A. Payne ‘Senior Citizen Caine’ Minder [TV script] 34: Go on, have a poodle round the block.

4. with ref. to a woman.

(a) the female genitalia; the vagina.

1942		‘T ampa Red’ (Hudson Whittaker) ‘Let Me Play With Your Poodle’ 🎵 Looka here baby, listen to my song / Don’t get mad because it ain’t no harm / I want to play with your poodle.
1947		Hank Penny 🎵 I want ter play with yer poodle / Let me play with yer poodle.
1972		(con. 1965) E. Newton Mother Camp 84: ‘Where else in the world can you have a sodomy place with no sodomy law? And how many of you queens have got a French poodle?’ (A few laughs).
2001		(ref. to 1942) N. Tosches Where Dead Voices Gather (ms.) 147: The bluesman Tampa Red, evading notice by the OED, made the trans-species metaphor move with ‘Let me Play with Your Poodle’ in 1942.

(b) (US black) a sexy or sophisticated woman [positive image of the over-groomed pedigree French poodle].

1983

R. Klein Jailhouse Jargon and Street Sl. [unpub. ms.].

2002

Teen Lingo: The Source for Youth Ministry 🌐 poodle n. Someone inferior. Someone, usually female, that is looked down upon. ‘Check out that poodle over there by herself!’.

5. any animal or person viewed as weak and thus with contempt.

1859		Wkly Varieties (Boston, MA) 29 Oct. 3/2: Ellis Adalbert Noe, the love-sick poodle and tailor’s errand-boy.
1915		Morn. Tulsa Dly World (OK) 13 June 19/3: Poodles — Town marshal.
1937		Freeport Jrnl-Standard (IL) 22 Oct. 12/3: [cartoon caption] ‘Why, you low down, chicken livered poodle! [...] a dirty yella poodle!’.
1956		C. Neider Authentic Death of Hendry Jones 89: Hell all it needs is lightning bugs and corncobs to stampede those poodles.

6. see pood n.¹

In phrases

pet the poodle (v.)

of a woman, to masturbate.

2003

G. Carlin GeorgeCarlin.com 🌐 Masturbation (Female): pet the poodle.

play the poodle (v.)

(Aus.) to philander.

1907

Sun. Times (Perth) 18 Aug. 4/7: In days (and nights) when we have played the poodle, / We’ve had our little innings with the clyners who have cast / A somewhat baleful optic on our boodle.

SE in slang uses

In compounds

poodle pie (n.) [? pron; however, note sense 4a above and sweet potato pie under sweet adj.¹ = vagina]

(US) sweet potato pie.

1896

Sun (N.Y.) 28 Mar. 2/6: Sweet potato pie is ‘poodle pie’.

In phrases

white poodle (n.)

(UK Und.) a white or light-coloured overcoat.

1824		J. Wight Mornings at Bow Street 4: Mr Peter Guy wore a white-poodle upper benjamin† [Note] † An ultra-napped driving, or box-coat.
1846		G.W.M. Reynolds Mysteries of London I 36/2: He wanted to peel, and put the white poodle up the spout for a drop of max.