doddie
Americannoun
plural
doddiesEtymology
Origin of doddie
First recorded in 1800–10; from dod “to poll, clip, cut off” + -ie
Example Sentences
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The wife of the Blacksmith of Tullibody was carried up the chimney, the fairies, as they bore her off, singing— "Deidle linkum doddie; We've gotten drucken Davie's wife, The Smith o' Tullibody."
From Legends of the North; The Guidman O' Inglismill and The Fairy Bride by Buchan, Patrick
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