or cod, subs. (Charterhouse).—A pensioner of the Charterhouse.—See quot., and Cf., COD, sense 4.
1855. THACKERAY, The Newcomes, II., p. 333. Yonder sit some three score of gentlemen, pensioners of the hospital, listening to the prayers and psalms. You hear them coughing feebly in the twilight—the old reverend blackgowns. Is CODD Ajax alive, you wonder?—the Cistercian lads called these old gentlemen CODDS, I know not wherefore—I know not wherefore—but is old CODD Ajax alive, I wonder? or CODD Soldier? or kind old CODD Gentleman? or has the grave closed over them?
