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Dodd

American  
[dod] / dɒd /

noun

  1. William Edward, 1869–1940, U.S. historian and diplomat.


Dodd British  
/ dɒd /

noun

  1. C ( harles ) H ( arold ). 1884–1973, British New Testament scholar. His works include The Parables of the Kingdom (1935)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"He's up there now with Ken Dodd and having a ball, making people laugh again. I'm sure he's got his silver wellies on now."

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

“The lines I was reading, I’d heard them before in the small town that I grew up in Canada; it’s a fisherman’s town, a tough little town,” says Dodd about his reference for Wolverine’s voice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

“He’s as tough as nails and he is more pissed off than anything that he was the only one that stood up to Magneto. He’s disappointed,” says Dodd.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

When 84-year-old Maggie Dodd discovered that the last remaining bank in her town was closing, she began to panic.

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026

No one could have known his uncle, Amzi Dodd, without being struck with the marked resemblance between them.

From Authors and Writers Associated with Morristown With a Chapter on Historic Morristown by Julia Keese Colles

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