† hoddy-dod, hoddidod Obs.
[The element dod is evidently the same as in dodman a shell-snail; hoddy-dod, hoddy-doddy, hodman-dod, are perhaps in origin nursery reduplications; but the element hoddy- appears itself to have come to be associated with or to mean ‘snail’ (or ? horned), as in several words that follow.]
A shell-snail.
| 1601 Holland Pliny II. 368 So doth the ashes of shell-snailes or hoddidods. Ibid. 539 Hoddy-dods or shell-Snailes sticking hard therto and eating it. 1611 Florio, Chiocciola..also a hoddydod, a shel-snaile, a perwinkle. |