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quockerwodger

Syllables: quock·er·wod·ger/ˈkwɒkəˌwɒd͡ʒə/US/ˈkwɑkəɹˌwɑd͡ʒəɹ/

quockerwodger noun: synonym of jumping jack (“a toy figure of a person with jointed limbs that can be made to appear to dance or jump by pulling an attached string”).

quockerwodger: synonym of jumping jack (“a toy figure of a person with jointed limbs that can be made to appear to...
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Noun

quockerwodger (plural quockerwodgers)

  1. Synonym of jumping jack (“a toy figure of a person with jointed limbs that can be made to appear to dance or jump by pulling an attached string”).
    • Just hand the old quockerwodger over to me! I'll cut him in half and each part will dance on the rope just as comically as you please!1924, Walter S. Bloem [i.e., Walter Julius Bloem], “Tricks”, in Allen W[ilson] Porterfield, transl., The Soul of the Moving Picture […], New York, N.Y.: E[dward] P[ayson] Dutton & Company […], →OCLC...
    • "I have a word for writers of his stripe," Mrs. Hale continued. […] "Quockerwodgers, I call them. Quockerwodgers are puppets. Always squawking. 'Look at me!' But they never do anything very remarkable or different."1963, Ramona Maher, chapter 12, in Erick Berry [pseudonym; Evangel Allena Champlin Best], editor, A Dime for Romance (The Daughters of Valor Series), New York, N.Y.: The John Day Company, →OCLC, page...
    Synonyms:
    jumping jack
  2. (figuratively, slang) A person whose actions are controlled by someone else; a puppet.
    • Did I predicate that Royalty in this as well as in all other unenlightened parts of the superficial universe, was a Quockerwodger?1868 June 20, Ephraim Dodge [probably a pseudonym], “The Tower of London. From Ephraim Dodge in London to Eben Stash, New York.”, in Fun, volume VII, London: […] Judd & Glass, […] (for the...
    • [E]very one to some extent must be a garden Quockerwodger, ready to take hints, for every member of our Fraternity is never too big to learn from the humblest brother or sister.1923 August 18, “The Bulb Order: III.—Miscellaneous.”, in The Garden: Orchard, Garden, Woodland, volume LXXXVII, number 2700, London: […] [The Avenue Press for] “Country Life” […], and by George...
    Synonyms:
    monkey, tool

Examples of quockerwodger in a sentence

  • He was a jumping-jack of a man, a man who leapt into action like a quockerwodger when you jerk the string.1971, Donald Barr Chidsey, “A Bombshell for Washington”, in The Spanish-American War: A Behind-the-scenes Account of the War in Cuba, New...
  • A strength beyond all reckoning lifted me and flung me like a child's quockerwodger toy soldier, wooden limbs flailing herk-a-jerk.2009, Ian Weir, “Jack”, in Daniel O’Thunder, Vancouver, B.C.: Douglas & McIntyre, →ISBN, part IV, page 372:
  • They felt that the fellow was a quockerwodger rather than a politician, an againster rather than a true American, an oppositionist in fundamental things rather than a sincere patriot.1944, Morris A[llison] Bealle, Washington Squirrel Cage, Washington, D.C.: Morris A. Bealle, →OCLC, page 9, column 1:

Synonyms of quockerwodger

Forms of quockerwodger

pluralquockerwodgers

Origin of quockerwodger

Origin unknown, possibly a nonce word.

Questions about quockerwodger

What does quockerwodger mean?
Quockerwodger means synonym of jumping jack (“a toy figure of a person with jointed limbs that can be made to appear to dance or jump by pulling an attached string”).
How do you use quockerwodger in a sentence?
He was a jumping-jack of a man, a man who leapt into action like a quockerwodger when you jerk the string.
What part of speech is quockerwodger?
Quockerwodger is a noun.
How do you pronounce quockerwodger?
Quockerwodger is pronounced /ˈkwɒkəˌwɒd͡ʒə/ (UK).
What is the plural of quockerwodger?
The plural of quockerwodger is quockerwodgers.

Words near quockerwodger in the dictionary

  1. quobbed
  2. quobbing
  3. quobby
  4. quobs
  5. quoc ngu
  6. quockerwodger
  7. quockerwodgers
  8. quod
  9. quod erat demonstrandum
  10. quod google
  11. quod non

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