Meaning in Saucy Jacky Postcard...

[DarkTaleProductions]

What does "I was not codding dear old Boss when I gave you the tip"

according to the dictionary, codding means lustful, but that doesn't make sense in the postcard in my opinion..

[Mascara & Paranoia]

I think it just means making things up/lying, you know when some people say 'oh, what a load of old cods'?.

[Phil Carter]

What does "I was not codding dear old Boss when I gave you the tip"

according to the dictionary, codding means lustful, but that doesn't make sense in the postcard in my opinion..

Hello DTP,

It means,

I wasn't kidding you... when I told you.

There is a theory that it was written by an Irish person, or someone pretending to be/ imitating an Irish accent.

best wishes

Phil

[Sam Flynn]

From the Oxford English Dictionary:

cod, v.3 slang or dial To hoax (Slang Dict. 1873); to humbug, impose upon; to play a joke, to "kid", to sham.