Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Captain Podd n.

[the proper name of Captain Podd, a celebrated puppeteer of the period]

a puppeteer.

1796		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue (3rd edn).
1811		Lex. Balatronicum.
1823		Egan Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.