a. and sb. [f. Liverpool (with jocular substitution of puddle for pool) + -IAN.] a. adj. Belonging to Liverpool. b. sb. A native or inhabitant of Liverpool.
1827. Standard, 29 Aug., 4/2. He told the Liverpuddlians that ‘Mr. C. advocated, in the British Senate, the cause of much injured Greece.’
1833. New Sporting Mag., V. 40. As Mr. Canning said to the Liverpudlians.
1849. Clough, Poems, etc. (1869), I. 139. I like the Manchester people … better than the Liverpuddlians.
1887. Pall Mall Gaz., 26 Jan., 1/1. The division … is a fairly typical section of the Liverpudlian electorate.
