Etymology

dorodango

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Today it means: A Japanese art form in which earth and water are moulded to create a delicate shiny sphere resembling a billiard ball. Full definition →

Japanese 泥だんご
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The story

  1. Japanese · borrowed from泥だんご“mud dumpling”
  2. English todaydorodango

From Japanese 泥だんご (“mud dumpling”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.