kyoodles

Noun

kyoodle (plural kyoodles)

1. A mutt, dog of mixed breed of little value; noisy dog.
   • The yelps and kyoodles had wandered home or after Rube and his idolators — all except the Widow Steger's dog, a long, strange, German sort of dog with no legs to speak of, a lonesome boyless kyoodle that had to go home early and sleep under the geranium box.1912, Charles Tenney Jackson, The Midlanders, page 34
2. A loud, meaningless noise; howl or holler.
   • There was a yip and kyoodle for John Brown and "the great deeds of the past."1956, Eric F. Goldman, Rendezvous With Destiny: A History of Modern American Reform
3. A large noisy collection.
   • Oodles an' boodles an' kyoodles av id, Mrs. McGlaggerty!1900, John Joseph Jennings, Widow Magoogin, page 343
4. A coward or quitter; one who lacks the determination to face hardship.
   • If I wasn't afraid of you thinking I was a kyoodle, I'd quit the business tonight.1995, John O'Hara, The Novellas of John O'Hara, page 528

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