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doddle

[ dod-l ]

noun

, Chiefly British Informal.
  1. something easily done, fixed, etc.:

    He was really worried about my finishing the fence repairs on my own, but it was a doddle.



doddle

/ ˈdɒdəl /

noun

  1. informal.
    something easily accomplished
“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of doddle1

First recorded in 1935–40; of uncertain origin, perhaps from toddle ( def )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of doddle1

C20: perhaps from dodder (vb) to totter
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Example Sentences

After a fair bit of arm-twisting and my reassuring him that it would be a doddle, my husband agreed to cut my hair.

After more than five decades of touring, performing like this must feel like a doddle?

It’s a doddle to get here on the metro and, because it’s pancake-flat, it’s enjoyable to explore by bike.

I completely disagree with Musk and with my late colleague Stephen Hawking on that, because dealing with climate change on Earth is a doddle compared with terraforming Mars.

Once you have done that, twisting them out, one by one, with your knife is a doddle.

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