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hoddy-dod

hoddy-dod noun: a snail.

Noun

hoddy-dod (plural hoddy-dods)

  1. (East-Anglia, England, obsolete) A snail.
    • “You’ve brought yer house on yer back like a hoddy-dod,” she said with a grin.1889, Amy Walton, White Lilac; or The Queen of May
  2. (obsolete) A fool.
    • CRIPPS: What’s your confounded name, you thick-headed hoddy-dod? (shouting)1982 [1882], Henry Arthur Jones, “The Silver King”, in Plays by Henry Arthur Jones, act IV, scene 3

Forms of hoddy-dod

pluralhoddy-dods

Origin of hoddy-dod

Compare dodman.

Questions about hoddy-dod

What does hoddy-dod mean?
Hoddy-dod means a snail.
What part of speech is hoddy-dod?
Hoddy-dod is a noun.
What is the plural of hoddy-dod?
The plural of hoddy-dod is hoddy-dods.

Words near hoddy-dod in the dictionary

  1. hoddling
  2. hodduk
  3. hodduks
  4. hoddy peak
  5. hoddy peaks
  6. hoddy-dod
  7. hoddy-doddy
  8. hoddy-dods
  9. hoddy-peak
  10. hoddy-peaks
  11. hoddydoddies

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