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hoddy-dod - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
hoddy-dod (plural hoddy-dods). (obsolete, England, East Anglia) A snail. 1889, Amy Walton, White Lilac; or The Queen of May :. en.wiktionary.org
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HODDY-DODDY Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1. dialectal, England a : garden snail b : a snail shell 2. archaic a : a short and stout person b (1) : a henpecked man (2) : cuckold c : fool, www.merriam-webster.com
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hoddy-dod | hoddidod, n. meanings, etymology and more
This word is now obsolete. It is only recorded in the early 1600s. Entry status. OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve ... www.oed.com
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hoddy-dod
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Word of the Day: HODDY-DODDY - Lexicophilia
ETYMOLOGY the element dod is evidently the same as in dodman (a shell-snail); hoddy-dod, hoddy-doddy, & hodman-dod, are perhaps from nursery ... lexicophilia.com
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hoddy-doddy, n. & adj. meanings, etymology and more
There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the word hoddy-doddy, one of which is labelled obsolete. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, and ... www.oed.com
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hodmandod
hodmandod, n. (a.) (ˈhɒdmənˌdɒd) [A reduplicated variation of dodman, hoddy-dod; app. influenced in form by hodman: it has the dial. variants hodmadod, hodmedod, hodman Hob, hodmandon.] 1. A shell-snail, a dodman.1626 Bacon Sylva §732 The Crab, the Crafish, the Hodmandod or Dodman, the Tortoise. a 1... Oxford English Dictionary
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Ey up, northern English to become as lost as the hoddy-dod | News
Within just 45 years south eastern English pronunciations will be used across the UK, according to new research from the Universities of Portsmouth and ... www.port.ac.uk
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HODDY-DODDY - WORDS AND PHRASES FROM THE PAST
HODDY-DODDY · 1. a snail, a snail shell (dialect) · 2. a short and dumpy or thickset person (obsolete) · 3. a cuckold; a henpecked man (obsolete) www.wordsandphrasesfromthepast.com
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Hodmandod - World Wide Words
Hodmandod, a southern English dialect word, means a snail in everyday language. It was derived from 'dodman' and may be related to a bare ... www.worldwidewords.org
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Hamlet - video_index_item 316 - myShakespeare
And this strange term apparently came from another strange term, hoddy-dod, which is a snail's shell. I hope everybody followed that. SARAH: Perhaps it's ... myshakespeare.com
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hoddidod
† 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 wor... Oxford English Dictionary
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hoddypeak
† ˈhoddypeak Obs. Forms: 6 hody-, hodi-, hodie-, hoddy-, huddi-, -peke, -peeke, -peak(e, -peck. [f. hoddy (see hoddy-dod) + peak n. or v., but the sense is obscure.] A fool, simpleton, noodle, blockhead.1500 in Furniv. Ball. fr. MSS. I. 254 Who dwelleth here, wyll no man speke? Is there no fole nor ... Oxford English Dictionary
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