You pays yer money...

... "and takes yer choice."

As if I didn't know, I scoured t'Internet DUH?!?!?

Some twit actually said
"What does CUDDY mean?
This could be the only web page dedicated to explaining the meaning of CUDDY (CUDDY acronym/abbreviation/slang word).
CUDDY Definition / CUDDY Means
The definition of CUDDY is 'Buddy, friend' "
WRONG

The ubiquitous thingipedia, on the an other hand states...
"A cuddy is a small cabin in a boat. A cuddy boat is a boat with a small cabin with maybe a small head."
Right, but WRONG

Meanwhile @ http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/
A lass wrote "I am from Northumberland and cuddy is an old Geordie word for horse. You do not hear it much at all these days!!!"
NEIGH lass.

The "Scots Language centre" says ..."CUDDY n donkey"
"These gentle beasts are not generally associated with intelligence, hence the transference of the word cuddy to refer to a foolish person, as in the proverb quoted in the Scotsman (1910) 'A cuddie should never handle tocher (money)'. They are not known for their speed either, giving rise to another proverb, preserved in Hislop's collection (1868), 'A cuddy's gallop's sune done'."

I'm just a touch surprised that it actually says "LANE" and not the, expected Scot's Loan, or Loaning.

NOW we're getting somewhere. As any old Cumbrian will tell you "A cuddy's a Donkey Marra, dizn't thoo know THAT?"
Mam used to say a thing was "Short and sweet, like a Cuddy's gallop."