HODDY-DODDY


Meaning of HODDY-DODDY in English

|hädē|dädē noun

( plural hoddy-doddies )

Etymology: probably alteration and reduplication of dodman, hodmadod

1. dialect England

a. : garden snail

b. : a snail shell

2. archaic

a. : a short and stout person

b.

(1) : a henpecked man

(2) : cuckold

c. : fool , blockhead , simpleton

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