hoddy-dod
nounEtymology Compare dodman.
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:
- Related terms
- dodman, hodmandod, hoddydoddy