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dodie

/ˈdoʊdi/

dodie noun: a baby's pacifier or soother.

Noun

dodie (plural dodies)

  1. (Ireland) A baby's pacifier or soother.
    • "Don't you have a dodie for her?” "Dodie?" "Ah..." Blaine hesitated. "Pacifier." "Oh! It's one of those things I haven't gotten yet. She doesn't seem to look for one."2018 May 1, Rachel Lee, A Bachelor, a Boss and a Baby, Harlequin, →ISBN
    • "Dodie trees" are not often associated with holy wells; in fact, the young child finishing with nursing or teething can be asked to give the dodie (teether or pacifier) to the fairies by letting family members hang it on a tree.2023, Celeste Ray, Finbar McCormick, Holy Wells of Ireland: Sacred Realms and Popular Domains, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 25

Proper noun capitalized: Dodie

Dodie

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Dorothy.

Forms of dodie

pluraldodies

Questions about dodie

What does dodie mean?
Dodie means a baby's pacifier or soother.
What part of speech is dodie?
Dodie can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce dodie?
Dodie is pronounced /ˈdoʊdi/.
What is the plural of dodie?
The plural of dodie is dodies.

Words near dodie in the dictionary

  1. dodgy
  2. dodgy box
  3. dodgy boxes
  4. dodgy brothers
  5. dodicin
  6. dodie
  7. dodies
  8. dodine
  9. dodipole
  10. dodipoles
  11. dodkin

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