Meanings
nounhoddy-dod (plural hoddy-dods)
plural hoddy-dods
- East AngliaEnglandobsoleteA 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 - obsoleteA 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
Origin
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