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cuddly-wuddly

cuddly-wuddly adjective: cute, cuddly or adorable.

Adjective

cuddly-wuddly (not comparable)

  1. (childish, slang) Cute, cuddly or adorable.
    • 'I'm not tired. I never want to go to bed again. Yes, I'm comfy, cuddly-wuddly.1938, Barbara B. Stevens, The Strongest Son, page 143
    • not books full of itsy-bitsy cuddly-wuddly fat-headed peeps and little vapid pink pigs in frock coats and all that blah, but good stuff like Oz, and Grimm, and Kipling, and Poe and Little Women.”1969, Robert W. Krepps, Fancy, A Novel, page 89

Origin of cuddly-wuddly

First use appears c. 1938. See cite below.

Questions about cuddly-wuddly

What does cuddly-wuddly mean?
Cuddly-wuddly means cute, cuddly or adorable.
What part of speech is cuddly-wuddly?
Cuddly-wuddly is an adjective.

Words near cuddly-wuddly in the dictionary

  1. cuddling up
  2. cuddlings
  3. cuddly
  4. cuddly toy
  5. cuddly toys
  6. cuddly-wuddly
  7. cuddoo
  8. cuddoos
  9. Cudds
  10. cuddy
  11. Cuddy's beads

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