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niddle-noddle
▪ I. ˈniddle-ˈnoddle, a. [A reduplicative formation on nod v.: cf. nid-nod v.] Having nodding heads. Also fig.1761 Brit. Mag. II. 101 Who doats on pagods, and gives up vile man For niddle-noddle figures from Japan. 1820 Combe Syntax iii. i, What is said by state physicians, And niddle-noddle politic...
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nid-nod
▪ I. nid-nod, v. [A reduplicative formation on nod v.: cf. niddle-noddle v.] 1. intr. To nod repeatedly.c 1787 Burns We're a' noddin, We're a' noddin, nid nid noddin,..at our house at hame. c 1817 Hogg Tales & Sk. I. 289 She sat nid-nodding. 1892 Daily News 18 June 3/3 A green straw hat with large r...
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Little Robin Redbreast
The earliest recorded is from Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book (c. 1744), which has the lyric:
Little Robin Red breast,
Sitting on a pole,
Nidde, Noddle Niddle noddle went his head,
And waggle went his tail.
(Little finger of right hand waggles from side to side.)
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noddle
▪ I. noddle, n.1 (ˈnɒd(ə)l) Forms: 5–6 nodle, 5 -el, -ul(le, -yl(e; 6–7 nodell, 6 -il; 6 noddel (7 -ell), Sc. -ill; 6– noddle, 9 dial. nuddle. [Of obscure origin. No similar form appears in any of the cognate languages.] † 1. a. The back of the head. Obs.c 1425 St. Elizabeth of Spalbeck in Anglia VI...
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mandarine
▪ I. mandarin1 (ˈmændərɪn) Also 6 mandeline, mandorijn, 7 mandarim, 7–8 mandorin, 7–9 mandarine, 8 mandareen. [a. Pg. mandarim, a. Malay mantrī, a. Hindī mantrī:—Skr. mantrin counsellor, f. mantra counsel, f. root man to think.] 1. a. Hist. A generic name for all grades of Chinese officials; there w...
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