hoddy-dodとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

hoddy-dod (plural hoddy-dods)

1. (obsolete, England, East Anglia) A snail.
   • 1889, Amy Walton, White Lilac; or The Queen of May:

     “You’ve brought yer house on yer back like a hoddy-dod,” she said with a grin.

2. (obsolete) A fool.
   • 1982 [1882], Henry Arthur Jones, “The Silver King”, in Plays by Henry Arthur Jones‎, act IV, scene 3:

     CRIPPS: What’s your confounded name, you thick-headed hoddy-dod? (shouting)

関連する語

• dodman
• hodmandod
• hoddydoddy

参照

• 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.