hoddy-dod
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compare dodman.
Noun[edit]
hoddy-dod (plural hoddy-dods)
- (obsolete, England, East Anglia) A snail.
- 1889, Amy Walton, White Lilac; or The Queen of May:
- “You’ve brought yer house on yer back like a hoddy-dod,” she said with a grin.
- (obsolete) A fool.
- 1982 [1882], Henry Arthur Jones, “The Silver King”, in Plays by Henry Arthur Jones[1], act IV, scene 3:
- CRIPPS: What’s your confounded name, you thick-headed hoddy-dod? (shouting)
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References[edit]
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.