flap doodle

English

Noun

flap doodle (countable and uncountable, plural flap doodles)

1. Alternative form of flapdoodle
   • 1886, Proceedings of the Thirtieth Annual Conclave of the Grand Commandery of Knights templar of Michigan, page 68:

     That the demoralization has reached such proportions that the " whole head is sick," per consequence of heroic doses of "flap doodle," and "the whole heart is faint," because of efforts to escape from obedience to "the weighty matters of the law — judgment, mercy, and faith."

   • 1914, American Machinist - Volume 40, page 203:

     Are you looking for a lathe loaded down with a lot of "jim-cracks" and "flap doodles," or do you want a husky, easily handled tool without a dngle useless feature?

   • 1916, Stone & Webster Journal - Volume 18, page 15:

     as to whether our English cousins are fully justified in appyling such opprobrious terms as “hocus pocus" and “flap doodle finance” to these various measures.

   • 1942, Louise Rosalie Preysz, Dear Teacher: The Hilarious Story of an Old Maid, page 86:

     And no wonder . . . dressed as she be an all them fancy flap doodles, curls and laces.

2. (fishing) A spinner blade attached to a fly at the bend of the hook.
   • 2006, American Angler: The Magazine of Fly Fishing and Fly Tying:

     What just about everybody does agree on is that a flap doodle will often increase your chances of hooking a king salmon. A flap doodle is nothing more than a small spinner blade attached to the rear of the fly, and it's nothing new.