hoddydoddy

== English == === Etymology === From hoddy-dod, an obsolete English regionalism meaning “periwinkle” or “snail”. Compare dodman. === Noun === hoddydoddy (plural hoddydoddies) (obsolete) An awkward or foolish person. (obsolete, England) A snail; a snail’s shell. === References === “Hoddydoddy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “hoddy-doddy”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Hoddy-doddy”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.