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hoddy-dods

hoddy-dods is the plural of hoddy-dod.

Meaning of hoddy-dod

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

Questions about hoddy-dods

What is hoddy-dods the plural of?
Hoddy-dods is the plural of hoddy-dod.

Words near hoddy-dods in the dictionary

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

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