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hoddy-doddy

noun
\ ¦hädē¦dädē\
plural hoddy-doddies

Definition of hoddy-doddy

1 dialectal, 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

History and Etymology for hoddy-doddy

probably alteration and reduplication of dodman, hodmadod

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